Three days of mourning for those killed in helicopter crash announced in Brovary
The authorities in Brovary have announced three days of mourning in the city for those killed in the helicopter crash, said Ihor Sapozhko, the city’s mayor.
Source: Sapozhko on Telegram
Quote from Sapozhko: "In connection with the tragedy that occurred today in Brovary, 19, 20 and 21 January have been declared days of mourning in our hromada." [Hromada is an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories - ed.]
Details: The mayor expressed his condolences to the families and relatives of the victims. "A black day... There are no words to convey the pain of loss... My sincere condolences to the families and relatives of the victims... May the little angel Milana rest in peace…The Kingdom of Heaven and eternal memory to all the victims…," he wrote.
Background:
- On the morning of 18 January, a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten in Brovary in Kyiv Oblast, causing a fire to break out.
- The helicopter crash killed the top leadership of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs: Denys Monastyrskyi, Minister of Internal Affairs, Yevhen Yenin, First Deputy Interior Minister, and Yurii Lubkovych, three of the Interior Minister's aides and security guards. The data on the number of dead has differed. According to information confirmed as of 15:00, 14 dead were found at the site of the helicopter crash, including 1 child.
- Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Deputy Head of the President’s Office, said that the helicopter crash in Brovary occurred during a flight by Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi to one of Ukraine’s hotspots where fighting is ongoing.
- The Security Service has launched an investigation into the causes of the helicopter crash in Brovary; the main avenues of investigation are violation of flight safety rules, technical malfunction and intentional actions.
- The State Emergency Service reported that emergency workers had completed search and rescue operations at the site of the helicopter crash in Brovary.
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