From . – 01/19/2023 08:45 (act. 01/19/2023 08:45)
Uncertain background after the death of Ukraine’s interior minister and 13 people in a helicopter crash. Zelenskyy reported that he had hired the secret service to investigate. ©AP (symbol image)
A question mark hangs over the background after the death of Ukraine’s Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyj and 13 others in a helicopter crash. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced in a video address on Wednesday that he had tasked the secret service with investigating.
Zelenksyj promised clarification. Monastyrskyj and Deputy Interior Minister Jehwhenij Jenin, who was also killed, are not politicians who “can easily be replaced”, according to Ukraine’s president.
“It’s really a big loss for the state,” Zelenskyy said.
Helicopter crashes near the capital of Ukraine Kyiv
According to the latest information, a child was among those killed in the accident, which occurred on Wednesday morning in a residential area near a kindergarten near the capital Kyiv. Another 25 people were injured. The used Airbus H225 helicopter 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.
Tasks of the Minister of Interior of Ukraine to the Chief of Police
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.