Vladimir Putin has been heard rambling on about the Patriotic War in Ukraine despite a horror helicopter crash killing 18 just hours before.
The Russian President spoke about Russia's role in World War 2 shortly after a helicopter ploughed into a kindergarten in Kyiv, killing 18 including Ukraine's interior minister and three children.
Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi became the most senior Ukrainian politician killed during the war today when an emergency services chopper crashed in Brovary, an eastern suburb of Kyiv.