Ukrainian Interior Minister Killed in Helicopter Crash

  • At least 14 killed in crash, cause still being determined
  • Interior Minister was accompanied by senior officials
Security personnel attend the scene of a helicopter crash in Brovary, near Kyiv on Jan. 18.Photographer: Sergei Supinsky/Getty Images
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Ukraine’s interior minister and at least 13 others were killed when a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten and a multistory apartment building just east of Kyiv.

The emergency services aircraft went down in the town of Brovary, an eastern suburb of the capital, Ihor Klymenko, the national police chief, said on Facebook Wednesday. The fatalities include all nine on board and at least one child, while 25 others were injured — 11 of them children, authorities said in a revised tally.