The balance sheet is heavy.
At least 16 people, including the Ukrainian Minister of the Interior and two children, were killed on Wednesday in a helicopter crash on Wednesday near kyiv.
Denys Monastyrsky, 42, his first deputy and another senior official on board the aircraft were also killed, according to the first elements communicated by the authorities.
Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky.
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The aircraft crashed near a kindergarten in the town of Brovary, which is located in the eastern suburbs of the capital.
"Ambulances, police and firefighters are working at the scene of the accident," Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Kyrylo Tymoshenko said on Telegram.