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3:43 p.m.: The head of the Ukrainian National Police, Ihor Klymenko, will exercise the transitional period at the head of the Interior Ministry after the death of Denys Monastyrsky in a helicopter accident in Brovary. The candidate for the successor will be subject to a vote in Parliament before his official appointment, specifies Prime Minister Denys Chmyhal.
3:17 p.m.: The toll on the Kyiv helicopter crash has just been revised down. This morning, a spokesman for the state police initially reported 18 dead. The presidency then revised its death toll to 16 dead, then to 14 dead this afternoon.
2:53 p.m .: Contacted by local Ukrainian authorities, the French Bureau of Investigation and Analysis (BEA) is waiting to find out whether the Super Puma that crashed in Brovary (Ukraine) is a military device or not. The French authority announced to franceinfo that it would take part in the investigation if it was a civilian helicopter. The crashed plane belonged to the State Emergency Situations Service, which reports to the Interior Ministry.
2:25 p.m.: We take stock of this early afternoon’s news:
The CGT’s threats to cut off electricity to certain elected officials are “unacceptable,” government spokesman Olivier Véran assured during the Council of Ministers’ report. Follow our life.
The German interior minister announces that she has offered Kyiv Germany’s “support” in the investigation aimed at clarifying the causes of a helicopter crash that killed at least 18 people, including its Ukrainian counterpart. Follow our life.
In November, an investigation into “abuse of social goods” was launched against the Go Sport company, the Grenoble public prosecutor’s office told France Télévisions, confirming information from Liberation.
#WEATHER REPORT Météo France is lifting its orange snow watch for the departments of Puy-de-Dôme, Allier and Saône-et-Loire. Four departments remain in orange vigilance for snow ice, namely the Loire, the Rhône, the Ain and the Isère.
1:50 p.m .: Fighting has intensified in eastern Ukraine, in Donbass, especially in Soledar and Bakhmut, two hotly contested cities. Clashes with heavy casualties on both sides. Our special envoys went to a military hospital.
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1.07pm: German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser announces that she has offered Kyiv Germany’s “assistance” in the investigation aimed at clarifying the causes of a helicopter crash that killed at least 18 people, including his Ukrainian counterpart Denys Monastyrsky.
12:37 p.m .: After the crash (500 m2 caught fire) a fire broke out, but it has now been extinguished. A total of 127 people are mobilized for the rescue operations, and psychologists are also on site. The Ministry of the Interior and the state rescue service post their grief on social networks.
12.43 p.m .: The Ukrainian state rescue service confirms in a press release the accident of one of its helicopters (DSNS ЕС-225). Of the nine people on board, three were crew members and six were part of Interior Ministry teams. Let’s recall among them the Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrsky, his deputy Yevgeny Yenin and the State Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yuri Lubkovich.
12:25 p.m.: Emmanuel Macron said he was “sad at the tragic death” of Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky in his helicopter crash. The French President expresses his “thoughts” for the victims of the accident that killed at least 18 people, including three children.
12:02 p.m.: It is noon, we take stock:
“It is to be welcomed that the French are questioning and discussing the pension reform project,” said Olivier Véran. The government spokesman nevertheless hopes that “this popular statement will not lead to a blockade”. Follow our life.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has lamented a “horrible tragedy” after the death of 18 people, including his interior minister, in the helicopter crash near Kyiv. Follow our life.
For high school students and reorientation students, registrations on the Parcoursup post-graduate admissions platform will begin this afternoon. Up to and including March 9, you can choose between 21,000 state-recognized training courses.
Only seven departments are still on orange alert due to the risk of snow and ice: Ain, Allier, Isère, Loire, Puy-de-Dôme, Rhône and Saône-et-Loire.
11:23 a.m .: “Today a terrible tragedy happened in Brovary. (…) The pain is unspeakable.”
11:21 am: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has lamented a “horrible tragedy” after the death of 18 people, including his interior minister, in the helicopter crash near Kyiv.
11:08 am: Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Chmygal reacts to the helicopter crash that killed Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky this morning. He regrets “a great loss for the government and the whole state”.
10.56 a.m .: Charles Michel, President of the European Council, regrets the death of the Ukrainian Minister of the Interior, “a great friend of the EU”. He expresses his “deepest condolences” to the Ukrainian people.
10:30 a.m.: There were nine people on board the crashed helicopter, all dead. The other victims are children and adults who were in Brovary kindergarten, said Presidential Advisor Kirill Tymoshenko during a press conference on Ukrainian television. The minister and his deputies were destined for a “focal point” of hostilities.
10:08 am: Good morning @ Tiny. At this time, the causes of the helicopter crash in Brovary have not yet been clarified. “We are examining all possible leads. The preliminary investigation was entrusted to the investigators of the security services,” that is, the secret services, said Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin in a press release.
10.06 a.m .: Do we already know the cause of the helicopter crash in Ukraine? An attack ? A rocket? An accident ?
10:18 am: For the past year, France Télévisions has been following Ukraine’s Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, who died in a helicopter crash in Brovary this morning. The journalist Maryse Burgot had accompanied him on a visit to the front a few days before the start of the Russian invasion.
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9:53 am: A rescue operation is underway at the Brovary site where a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten. So far, 18 people have died, including three minors, reports presidential adviser Kirill Tymoshenko. 22 people were hospitalized, including ten minors.
9:28 a.m .: The first deputy interior minister and the state secretary of the interior also died in this accident. At this stage, the initial assessment reports 16 words, including two minors, and 22 hospital victims, including 10 minors, a spokesman for the national police said.
09:28: The helicopter crashed near a kindergarten and a building in the town of Brovary. The facility has been evacuated, specifies the regional military governor. Help is on the ground and local authorities are already talking about casualties. The images that reach us show the extent of the flames.
09:26: Sixteen people, including the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Denys MonastyrskyHe died in a helicopter crash in Brovary, a spokesman for the National Police of Ukraine said.
09:05: It is 09:00, we take stock:
• Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced the mobilization of more than 10,000 police and gendarmes to bring order to anti-pension reform demonstrations tomorrow. Follow our life.
• A helicopter crashed this morning in the town of Brovary on the outskirts of Kyiv, Presidential Advisor Kyrylo Tymoshenko said. “There are victims,” he wrote. Follow our life.
• Registration on the Parcoursup post-graduate admissions platform begins this afternoon for high school students and students in reorientation. Up to and including March 9, you can choose between 21,000 state-recognized training courses.
• Sixteen departments remain on alert this morning. The reasons are varied: snow, ice, rain and flooding.
9:02 a.m.: A helicopter crashed this morning near a kindergarten in the town of Brovary on the outskirts of Kyiv, Presidential Advisor Kyrylo Tymoshenko said via Telegram. “There are victims,” he wrote. “Ambulance, police and fire brigade are on duty at the scene of the accident.”
7:20 a.m.: “It’s not necessarily a whole system,” Mark Rutte later told CNN. “It could also be devices that are part of the system” or help with “interoperability and training”.
6.32 a.m .: The Dutch Prime Minister wants to help Ukraine to equip itself with the Patriot air defense system. “We intend to work with what you are doing with Germany on the Patriot project,” Mark Rutte told Joe Biden during a visit to the White House yesterday.
07:29: Here’s a first point about the titles:
• Sixteen departments remain on alert this morning. The reasons are varied: snow, ice, rain and flooding.
• Ambulances were being rushed to Sydney Airport this morning when a Qantas plane arrived and sent out an in-flight distress signal. The plane, with around 100 passengers on board, finally landed safely.
• During a visit to Washington yesterday, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands announced his “intent” to help Ukraine equip the Patriot air defense system. “It’s not necessarily a whole system,” said Mark Rutte. Follow our life.
• Registration on the Parcoursup post-graduate admissions platform begins this afternoon for high school students and students in reorientation. Up to and including March 9, you can choose between 21,000 state-recognized training courses.
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