In the morning of Wednesday, January 18, a helicopter crashed in a residential area in Brovary.
Oleksii Kuleba, the head of Kyiv Regional Military Administration, confirmed that the helicopter crashed in Brovary (Kyiv Region) next to a kindergarten and a residential building.
The number of victims as a result of the accident in Brovary rose to 18 people.
At the time of the tragedy, children and employees of the institution were in the kindergarten. As of 9:16 a.m., everyone was evacuated.
It is also known that 22 victims including 10 children are currently staying in a hospital.
As a result of the helicopter crash in Brovary, the leadership of the Ministry of Interior Affairs was killed - they were in a helicopter of the State Emergency Service, National Police Head Ihor Klymenko said.
All specialized services are work at the site. The inspection of the scene is underway.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on January 18, a helicopter crashed in the city of Brovary, near Kyiv, near a kindergarten and high-rise buildings.
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