Ukraine’s inside minister and a number of other different prime officers had been 16 individuals killed in a helicopter crash close to Kyiv, the nation’s police stated Wednesday.
The area’s governor earlier stated that the helicopter crashed close to a kindergarten in Bovary, simply exterior the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
In a video that circulated on-line from the aftermath of the incident, cries might be heard on the scene which was consumed by a hearth.
“In the city of Brovary, a helicopter fell near a kindergarten and a residential building,” the top of the Kyiv regional administration, Oleksiy Kuleba, stated on Telegram.
“At the time of the tragedy, children and employees were in the kindergarten,” he added. “There are casualties.”
He stated that medics and police had been working on the scene.
A police spokeswoman informed native tv that 5 individuals had been wounded and there have been additionally deaths however didn’t present any particulars.
The city of Brovary is positioned some 20 kilometers (12 miles) northeast of Kyiv.
Russian and Ukrainian forces fought for management of Brovary within the early phases of Moscow’s invasion till Russia’s troops withdrew in early April.
Russian President Vladimir Putin despatched troops to pro-Western Ukraine on Feb. 24 final yr.
