Fourteen Dead in Ukrainian Helicopter Crash

By Sophia P

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In Brovary at around 08:30 local time (06:30 GMT), fourteen people, including one child and several figures in Ukraine’s interior ministry were tragically killed in a helicopter crash. Though it may seem probable that Putin’s forces were behind the attack, there has been no evidence that that was the case. President Zelensky believes otherwise, saying that ‘these are all war results absolutely.’ Ukrainian State Security service said it was possible that the helicopter had been sabotaged, or conversely that it was a technical issue.

Travelling at a low height to evade Russian detection, the ministerial team comprising of Mr Monastyrskyy, Yevhen Yenin and Yuriy Lubkovych, were on their way to visit the deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential office when they crashed near a kindergarten. The crash caused extensive damage to nearby flats and the nursery and produced plenty of black smoke as well. A local resident stated that the pilot had tried to land in a relatively flat area as to avoid crashing into a tall block of flats, which would probably have resulted in more casualties.

Parents were dropping their children off when the helicopter crashed, and one local volunteer Lidiya recounted that ‘parents were running, screaming. There was panic.’ Many volunteers and emergency services were helping to evacuate children from the burning nursery. President Zelensky has addressed world leaders to observe a minute silence in memory of those who lost their lives in the crash.

Interior ministry adviser, Anton Herashchenko, said ‘we will always remember you. Your families will be cared for.’

Biden expressed his condolences, saying that ‘we grieve with all those who are mourning this heartbreaking tragedy’.

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