Helicopter that crashed in Brovary was on way to Kharkiv

The helicopter that crashed in the city of Brovary, Kyiv Oblast, on the morning of 18 January, was on its way to Kharkiv. Source: Volodymyr Tymoshko, Head of the National Police in Kharkiv Oblast, on Facebook Quote from Tymoshko: "Today, I was supposed to greet, to shake hands with, to...

I talked to everyone on board [the helicopter] yesterday and today. I talked to them and I set out to meet them. I was ready to meet them."

Background:

• A helicopter crashed in Brovary, Kyiv Oblast, on the morning of 18 January.
• The crash 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.
• The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has started proceedings due to the crash of the helicopter in Brovary.

  Among the main versions are the following: violation of flight rules, technical malfunction and intentional actions.

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