After the death of Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyj and 13 others in a helicopter crash, the background remains unclear. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video speech tonight that he has commissioned the secret service to investigate. He promised clarification. Monastyrskyj and Deputy Interior Minister Yehwhenij Jenin, who was also killed, are not politicians who “can easily be replaced”. “It really is a great loss for the state.”
According to the latest information, a child is among those killed in the accident, which occurred in the morning in a residential area near a kindergarten near the capital Kyiv. Another 25 people were injured. The type of Airbus H225 helicopter used is not considered particularly reliable. In the context of the Russian war of aggression, against which Ukraine has been defending itself for almost eleven months, slaughter or sabotage has not been ruled out.
Appointed interim Minister of the Interior
The Ukrainian presidential office said the Interior Ministry leadership was on its way to one of the front sections. The duties of Minister of the Interior were temporarily assigned to Chief of Police Ihor Klymenko.
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