Helicopter crash in Brovary: Names of dead pilots and passengers revealed
Three people from the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, three pilots from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, and three of the Interior Minister's aides and security guards were among those who died during the helicopter crash in Brovary. Source: Serhii Kruk, Head of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, on Facebook; Ukrainska Pravda's sources in the National Police of Ukraine; Bohdan Drapiatyi, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, on Facebook Quote from Kruk: "15 people died [according to the National Police, 16 people died in the helicopter crash as of 12:30, including 3 children - ed.], including Denys Monastyrskyi, Yevhenii Yenin, Yurii Lubkovych.
Our crew who perished: Oleksandr Vasylenko, Kostiantyn Kovalenko, Ivan Kasianov. Three children died." Details: Ukrainska Pravda's sources in the National Police confirmed that Minister Denys Monastyrsky's aides and security guards were the other three victims among the helicopter passengers.
Bohdan Drapiatyi, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, named the other two victims, Tetiana Shutiak [Monastyrskyi's assistant - ed.] and Mykhailo Pavlushko [Chief of Security of the Minister of Internal Affairs]. UP sources added that another victim was Mykola Anatskyi, a photographer.
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- On the morning of 18 January, a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten in Brovary in Kyiv Oblast, causing a fire to break out.
- A helicopter crash in Brovary, Kyiv Oblast, has killed the top leadership of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs: Denys Monastyrskyi, Minister of Internal Affairs, Yevhen Yenin, First Deputy Interior Minister, and Yurii Lubkovych, State Secretary of the Interior Ministry are among those killed.
A total of 16 fatalities, including 3 children, have been reported.
- Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Deputy Head of the President's Office, has said that the helicopter crash in Brovary, Kyiv Oblast, occurred during the flight by Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi to one of Ukraine's hotspots where fighting is ongoing.
- The Security Service has launched an investigation of the helicopter crash in Brovary; the main versions are violation of flight safety rules, technical malfunction and intentional actions.
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