A plane crashed near a school and a residential building in Brovary, the capital city of Ukraine.
According to the news agency, a helicopter crashed near a children’s school in the town of Brovary near Kyiv. As a result of the accident, 17 people, including the Minister of Interior of Ukraine, were killed, including 2 children.
BREAKING and AWFUL
Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, First Deputy Interior Minister Yevhen Yenin and State Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yuriy Lubkovych DIED in the HELICOPTER CATASTROPHE in the Kyiv region❗️
A total of 16 victims, including 2 children. pic.twitter.com/pz8I0TcrYE
— Iuliia Mendel (@IuliiaMendel) January 18, 2023
Oleksi, governor of Brovary, said that the incident took place near a nursery school, where children and staff were present at the time of the tragedy.
According to the police spokesperson, at least 25 people have been injured in this incident, including 15 children, while many more deaths are expected.
According to the report, it was not immediately clear what caused the helicopter to crash, and there was no immediate comment from Russia.