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International Desk: At least 18 people were killed, including Ukraine's interior affairs minister, after a helicopter crashed beside a kindergarten in the capital Kyiv on Wednesday, reports BBC.
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The helicopter slammed down next to the kindergarten and a residential building in Brovary, a commuter town for the capital Kyiv that was the scene of fierce fighting early in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Three children were among the dead and 15 more were sent to the hospital.
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The minister, Denys Monastyrsky, was with eight others in the helicopter. He was a trained lawyer, had served as Ukraine's interior minister from July, 2021.
officials said the first deputy minister and the state secretary also died. When the helicopter came down in the suburb of Brovary.
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National police chief Ihor Klymenko wrote on Facebook that the helicopter belonged to Ukraine's state emergency service.
After the crash a fire broke out close to the kindergarten and children and staff were moved from the building. Wreckage from the helicopter was visible outside a burning building.
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