Lagatar24 Desk
Kyiv, Jan 18: A helicopter outside the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv crashed into a nursery, killing 15 people including the interior minister of the country on Wednesday. Additionally, two children perished in the tragedy. A presidential adviser reported that emergency services had arrived quickly.
According to the authorities, a helicopter crash in the Kyiv region claimed the lives of 16 persons, including two children.
#BREAKING 16 dead, including two children, in Kyiv region helicopter crash: police pic.twitter.com/PS18k8ITt3
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) January 18, 2023
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“There were children and … staff in the nursery at the time of this tragedy. Everyone has now been evacuated. There are casualties,” Kyiv region governor Oleksiy Kuleba wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
Presently, 10 of them are in hospital, officials said. It was not immediately clear what caused the helicopter to crash.
