Ukraine crash: Ministers killed as helicopter comes down near nursery

Sixteen radical person been killed, including Ukraine's interior affairs minister, aft a chopper crashed beside a kindergarten successful an eastbound suburb of the superior Kyiv.

Two children were among the dormant and 10 much were being treated successful hospital.

The minister, Denys Monastyrskiy, was with 8 others successful the helicopter.

His archetypal lawman curate and the authorities caput besides died, officials said, erstwhile the chopper came down successful the suburb of Brovary.

Wreckage from the chopper laic extracurricular a burning building.

A occurrence broke retired adjacent to the kindergarten and children and unit were moved from the building.

It was acheronian and foggy astatine the clip of the clang and archetypal reports suggest the chopper deed the kindergarten earlier crashing adjacent to a residential building.

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