16 people die in helicopter crash in Brovary

The clarified information indicates that as of 12:30, 16 people, including three children, have been killed in a crash of the State Emergency Service's helicopter in the city of Brovary. Source: Mariana Reva, spokesperson for National Police, on air of the national joint 24/7 newscast Quote: "Currently, according to the information that has been clarified at this moment, 16 people have been killed due to this helicopter crash, including three children.

In addition, 25 people are in medical facilities; they are being provided with qualified assistance, 10 of them are injured. Several people are in serious condition in intensive care". Details: Currently, the investigators of National Police, Security Service and State Bureau of Investigation continue to work at the scene of the tragedy.

The police are doing door-to-door rounds, interviewing witnesses.

The law enforcement officers urge witnesses of the flight of the State Emergency Service's helicopter to contact them and provide evidence.

Background:

• 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 18 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.

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