The Minister of Interior in Ukraine, Denys Monastyrskyi died on Wednesday morning in a helicopter crash.
National Police Chief, Ihor Klymenko said Monastyrskyi died alongside his first deputy, Yevheniy Yenin.
The unfortunate incident that snatched the life of many occurred near a nursery in a residential area in Brovary near Kyiv, the capital.
18 people were killed, including other ministry officials and three children.
Local report says that 30 people injured have been taken to a hospital, including 15 schoolkids.
The ill-fated chopper belonged to the state emergency service.
“There were children and staff in the nursery at the time of this tragedy”, said Kyiv Governor Oleksiy Kuleba.
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