Ukraine helicopter crash

A helicopter carrying the leadership team of Ukraine's interior ministry crashed near a kindergarten and residential block in the Kyiv region on Wednesday, ...

“Saddened by the tragic death of the Ukrainian Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky. “Sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims.” There are no words to express the pain of loss,” Sapozhko said in a post on Telegram. Monastyrsky, 42, was a lawyer by training. At the moment, everyone was evacuated,” he wrote on Telegram. May all those whose lives were taken this black morning rest in peace!”

Denys Monastyrskiy and other key officials among dead after crash near kindergarten in Kyiv suburb.

Klymenko said in a statement that the helicopter had been carrying Monastyrsky and eight others. Russia has focused on Bakhmut in recent weeks, claiming last week to have taken the In one picture, the helicopter’s main rotor could be seen embedded in a car roof. Western allies will gather at a US airbase in Germany on Friday to pledge more weapons for Ukraine. The SBU state security service said it was investigating possible causes including a breach of flight rules, a technical malfunction and the intentional destruction of the helicopter. Poland and Finland have said they would be ready to send Leopards to Ukraine if Berlin allows it. One witness said he saw the helicopter approach the neighbouring building from his kitchen window before it fell sharply. staff in the nursery at the time of this tragedy. There are casualties,” the Kyiv regional governor, Oleksiy Kuleba, wrote on Telegram. The national police chief, Ihor Klymenko, said Monastyrsky was killed along with his deputy and other senior ministry officials. “The pain is unspeakable,” he wrote on Telegram. The most recent update, on Wednesday afternoon, suggested one child had been killed, after previous reports that the number was at least three.

A helicopter crash Wednesday outside of the Ukrainian capital killed at least 14 people, including Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi and several senior ...

Putin, speaking to a group of veterans in St. British Home Secretary Suella Braverman called the 42-year-old Monastyrskyi "a leading light in supporting the Ukrainian people during [Russian President Vladimir] Putin's illegal invasion." Later, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said at least 14 people were killed, including nine aboard the helicopter, and a child on the ground. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a Telegram post he had directed authorities to investigate the circumstances surrounding the crash. It said 25 people were injured, including 11 children. A helicopter crash Wednesday outside of the Ukrainian capital killed at least 14 people, including Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi and several senior ministry officials in the aircraft and a child on the ground.

BROVARY, Ukraine (AP) — The deadly crash of a helicopter that killed Ukraine's interior minister and about a dozen other people outside the capital, Kyiv, ...

It was sold to Ukraine in 2019, but was not part of the equipment that France has provided since the start of the war on Feb. — The helicopter was a French-manufactured Super Puma, according to a spokesperson for Ukraine’s air force, Yurii Ihnat. A child on the ground was also killed, and at least 25 people were injured, including 11 children.

We mourn these heartbreaking deaths, a tragic loss beyond words. The United States offers our support and solidarity to Ukraine's Ministry of Internal Affairs, ...

Now and always, the United States is committed to standing with Ukraine in its hour of need. On behalf of the United States, I offer my sincere condolences to the family and loved ones of all of those killed in the helicopter crash, including our friends Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrskyy, First Deputy Minister Yevhen Yenin, and State Secretary Yuri Lubkovych. The United States offers our support and solidarity to Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, which has been a close partner for many years.

A view of the scene where a helicopter crashed on civil infrastructure in Brovary, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, January 18, 2023.

It was sold to Ukraine in 2019, but was not part of the equipment that France has provided since the start of the war on Feb. The helicopter was a French-manufactured Super Puma, according to a spokesperson for Ukraine’s air force, Yurii Ihnat. A child on the ground was also killed, and at least 25 people were injured, including 11 children.

Jill and I send our deepest condolences to the families of all those killed in the tragic helicopter crash in Ukraine this morning, including Minister of.

The United States stands with the people of Ukraine in the face of this tragedy, and for as long as it takes. We will continue to honor that legacy through efforts to strengthen Ukraine’s institutions, and in our unfailing partnership with the people of Ukraine to keep the flame of freedom bright. Jill and I send our deepest condolences to the families of all those killed in the tragic helicopter crash in Ukraine this morning, including Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrskyy and other senior Ukrainian government officials.

The aircraft, owned by the State Emergency Services, struck a kindergarten in the eastern Kyiv suburb of Brovary. A child on the ground was also killed, and at ...

It happened on a foggy morning and no fighting has been reported recently in the capital region. The helicopter was a French-manufactured Super Puma, according to a spokesperson for Ukraine’s air force, Yurii Ihnat. Monastyrsky is the most senior official killed since Russia invaded nearly 11 months ago. A child on the ground was also killed, and at least 25 people were injured, including 11 children. The officials were flying to Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region. The crash came four days after a Russian missile struck an apartment building in Ukraine’s southeastern city of Dnipro, killing dozens of civilians, including six children.

There was no immediate word on whether the crash, which was near a kindergarten, was an accident or related to the war with Russia.

The tragedy may prompt Kyiv to institute a rule many countries and companies follow stating that top officials shouldn’t fly on the same aircraft, Fesenko said. The helicopter’s blackened rotors protruded from a destroyed car and rested on the roof of a building’s entrance. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service, which was operating the French-manufactured Super Puma helicopter, said at least 14 people were killed, including nine on the helicopter, and a child on the ground. At the scene of the crash and ensuing fire, plastic sheets covered at least four bodies. No fighting has been reported recently in the capital region. Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi, who oversaw the country’s police and emergency services, is the most senior official killed since Russia invaded nearly 11 months ago.

Meanwhile, Kyiv appeals for battle tanks from the West, saying delays while allies deliberate cost Ukrainian lives.