State Bureau of Investigation finishes Brovary helicopter crash investigation.

The State Bureau of Investigation completed its investigation into the Brovary helicopter crash in January that killed 14 people, including Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, the bureau announced on Nov.

27. The materials are open for review by involved parties and will be subsequently handed over to the court. Foreign experts were involved in the investigation, including French manufacturers of the helicopter, the bureau said.

Five officials of the State Emergency Service were arrested in August in connection to the Jan.

18 crash that killed 14 and injured 31. The list of wounded included many children as the helicopter crashed near a kindergarten. The head of the Emergency Service's Department of Aviation and Air Search and Rescue, its acting commander, the commander of the aviation squadron, the deputy commander for flight training, and the head of the flight safety service of a special aviation unit were charged with safety violations and negligence.

Investigators said that the helicopter flew in bad weather without a permit and without data on meteorological conditions. The Bureau's statement from Nov.

27 confirmed the conclusions of the initial investigation report from August. The Aviation and Air Search and Rescue department head and one of the suspects, Ivan Korobka, refuted the accusations.

The suspects face prison terms of up to 10 years.

How kindergarten morning in Kyiv suburb turned into tragedy BROVARY, Kyiv Oblast - That early morning on Jan.

18, Iryna Laptinova, a kindergarten teacher in the city of Brovary was getting ready for yet another joyful day of working with children. As usual, she came to work early to prepare the classroom and greet her little students.

Many of them