Ukraine interior minister among 14 killed in helicopter crash

At least 14 people, including Ukraine’s interior minister and one child, have been killed in a helicopter crash near a nursery outside the capital, Kyiv, according to emergency services.

Interior minister Denys Monastyrskyy, his deputy Yevhen Yenin and State Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yurii Lubkovych were among those killed on Wednesday.

It was not immediately clear what caused the helicopter to crash in the town of Brovary, a commuter town that was the scene of fierce fighting early in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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