Ukraine's Interior Ministry Decapitated in a Helicopter Crash Near Kiev

By streiff | 5:15 PM on January 18, 2023

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*Ukraine's Interior Minister and 17 others died in a helicopter crash near Kiev.*

Ukraine Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, his deputy Yevhen Yenin, and state secretary for the Interior Ministry Yurii Lubkovych were among at least 18 fatalities Wednesday, when their Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma slammed into a kindergarten in the Kiev suburb of Brovary. Three of the dead were children on the ground.

A video appears of the first minutes after the tragic helicopter crash near Kyiv, which took the lives of 14 people, including the leadership of Ukraine's Interior Ministry

📽️https://t.co/oOkpfcVInI pic.twitter.com/TR50YbR3Rb

— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) January 18, 2023

AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

Claimed footage of the flight of Ukrainian Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma helicopter operated by State Emergency Service of Ukraine minutes before the crash in Brovary, Kyiv. pic.twitter.com/ofd6cw3HYU

— Clash Report (@clashreport) January 18, 2023

The low-flying helicopter apparently hit a high-tension cable, shearing off the rotor mast.

The loss of the Interior Minister, who is responsible for shutting down Russian partisan and propaganda activities, and his key staff represents a decapitation of the leadership of that critical ministry at a very difficult time. It is sure to cause much turmoil in the next few days.