LIVE – Ukraine: Interior Minister dies in helicopter crash en route to front line

“HUGE LOSS”: THE REACTION OF THE PRIME MINISTER AFTER THE DEATH OF THE MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS

The death of Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky in a helicopter crash that brought him to the front was a “tremendous loss”, lamented Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Chmygal.

“Tragedy in Brovary. (…) Huge loss to the government and the entire state” of Ukraine, he said on Telegram, calling for “the immediate creation of a special group for a detailed investigation of the circumstances of the tragedy”.

HELICOPTER CRASH: THE MINISTER WILL BE FORWARD

The helicopter carrying Ukraine’s Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, which crashed near Kyiv, killing at least 18 people, was on its way to the front lines, Ukraine’s presidency said Wednesday.

“The purpose of this flight (to go) to one of the hot spots in our country where fighting is going on. The interior minister is heading there,” said Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the presidential cabinet. on Ukrainian television.

CHARLES MICHEL REGRETES THE DEATH OF THE UKRAINE MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS

European Council President Charles Michel on Wednesday mourned the death in a helicopter crash of Ukraine’s Interior Minister, a “dear friend of the European Union”, and expressed his “deepest condolences” to the Ukrainian people.

“We join in the suffering of Ukraine,” wrote Charles Michel, who represents the EU’s 27 member states, on Twitter.

RUSSIA: FOUR PEOPLE ARRESTED NEAR THE MEMORY

Moscow police arrested four people late Tuesday near a memorial to the victims of the bombing of a building in Dnipro, Ukraine, which killed at least 45 people, according to a specialized NGO.

“Police arrested two people laying flowers, the other two were nearby,” the NGO OVD-Info, which monitors political repression in Russia, quoted a witness at the scene as saying.

HELICOPTER CRUSH: DEAD BY 18

The helicopter that crashed Wednesday morning near a school in the Kyiv region killed 18 people, including the interior minister and three children, according to new reports provided by authorities.

“Tragedy in Brovary. The number of victims increases. At 10.30 (0830 GMT), 18 dead including 3 children,” the regional governor, Oleksiï Kouleba, said on Telegram.

He said that “there were also 29 people injured, including 15 children”, raising fears of a much higher toll.

THE MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT

At least 16 people including Ukraine’s Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky and two children died in a helicopter crash on Wednesday near Kyiv, the national police said.

“We have information that 16 people died including two children.” police said in a statement. The interior minister, his first deputy and other senior officials on board were also killed, the statement said.

16 DIE IN A HELICOPTER ACCIDENT

16 people died after a helicopter crashed in the Kyiv region, police said. Among them are two children.

HELICOPTER ACCIDENT: EVACUATE TO THE NEAREST SCHOOL

After the helicopter crash in the Kyiv region near a kindergarten, ambulances, police and firefighters went to the scene on Wednesday morning. “Information about the victims and circumstances” of this accident “is being worked out”, said the regional governor Oleksiï Kouleba.

“At the time of the tragedy, the children and employees of the company were in kindergarten”, he also mentioned, “that at this stage, everyone had been evacuated”.

HELICOPTER FALL NEAR SCHOOL IN KYIV AREA

A helicopter crashed Wednesday morning near a kindergarten in the Kyiv region, announcing the presidency of Ukraine, citing “victims” in this crash.

“In the city of Brovary (eastern suburb of Kyiv), a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten and an apartment building (…) There are victims,” ​​deputy head of the presidential administration Kyrylo Tymoshenko said on Telegram. “Ambulances, police and firefighters are working at the crash site,” he added.

STRIKE DEAD ON DNIPRO: UKRAINE HELP STOPS THE SEARCH

Ukraine has suspended its search for survivors on the Dnipro (central-east) in the ruins of a residential building destroyed by a Russian missile, one of the deadliest bombings of the war in which 45 people died.

It was one of the deadliest bombings on a civilian site since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Entire sections of the building collapsed, trapping dozens of people under the rubble.

THE NETHERLANDS WANT TO HELP UKRAINE GET A PATRIOT SYSTEM

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced on Tuesday his “intent” to help Ukraine equip itself with the Patriot air defense system during a visit to Washington.

“We intend to partner with what you did with Germany on the Patriot project,” he said at the White House during an interview with US President Joe Biden, indicating that he had also exchanged views with Chancellor Olaf Scholz “this morning” on the matter. .

The Netherlands is equipped with Patriot systems but can only deliver a portion of this American-made air defense equipment to Kyiv. While the nature of the equipment the Netherlands could send to Kyiv is currently unclear, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he had received “very important news” from the Dutch leadership.