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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thomas Kingsley

Ukraine’s interior minister among 16 killed as helicopter crashes near Kyiv nursery

REUTERS

At least 17 people including Ukraine’s interior minister and fourchildren were killed when a helicopter crashed on its way to a combat “hotspot” in the northeastern city of Kharkiv.

Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi, who oversaw Ukraine’s police and emergency services, is the most senior Kyiv official to die since Russia invaded nearly 11 months ago.

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