Zelenskyy on Brovary tragedy: Every death is the result of war

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, has called the crash of a helicopter carrying the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs near a kindergarten in Brovary a consequence of the war, but said that he is not worried about his safety.  

Source: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in an online broadcast at the World Economic Forum in Davos, answering questions after his speech

Details: When asked by the host if he was worried about his safety after the incident in Brovary, Zelensky replied, "I'm not worried. I have nothing to add."

At the same time, the Ukrainian president has said that the crash of the helicopter carrying the Interior Ministry leadership in Brovary was not just an "accident".

Quote: "I believe that because of the experience of war that our society and I have today, this is not an accident; this is war. War is not just fought on the battlefield. The war has several fronts. There are no more accidents; it's all the result of war. Absolutely. All these steps, everything that happens. 

Missiles that attack our people and the civilian population. This is what happens when children are killed in kindergartens and schools. Someone may spread information that ‘we were not aiming at the civilian population, but we wanted to attack the energy infrastructure, but it turned out that way’ or something else. These are just unnecessary words. 

All of this, every person and every death, is the result of war." 

Background:

• On the morning of 18 January, a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten in Brovary in Kyiv Oblast, causing a fire. At 15:45, the State Emergency Service reported that emergency workers had completed search and rescue operations at the site of the crash. 
• 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 had been found at the site of the helicopter crash, including one 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 Cabinet of Ministers appointed Ihor Klymenko, the Head of the National Police, as the Acting Interior Minister at an extraordinary meeting on 18 January.

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