Ukraine’s interior minister and at least 17 others were killed when a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten and a multistory apartment building just east of Kyiv, according to police.
The emergency services aircraft went down in the town of Brovary, an eastern suburb of the capital, Ihor Klymenko, the national police chief, said on Facebook Wednesday. The fatalities include all nine on board and at least three children, while 29 others were injured.
Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky was accompanied by other senior officials, including Deputy Minister Yevhen Yenin, police said. Ukrainian authorities are working to determine the cause of the crash.
