Ukraine's Interior Minister reveals when results of investigation into crash of Interior Ministry helicopter in Brovary will be announced
The investigation team that looks into the circumstances of the crash of the Interior Ministry's helicopter in Brovary will be able to release the first results of the investigation late in March or early in April.
Source: Ihor Klymenko, the Interior Minister, in an interview, recorded on 21 February and broadcasted on air of the national joint 24/7 newscast on 1 March; Interfax-Ukraine news agency
Details: Klymenko responded to a reporter's question: "In my opinion, it should take a month or a month and a half, something like that."
Quote: "As soon as all the examinations that we conducted partly with our colleagues from France, from AirBus, as soon as all the investigations in our country are completed, then there will be a general picture that prosecutors and representatives of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) and the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), who are also conducting this investigation, will be able to convey to the public, and the results [will be released]."
Background:
- On the morning of 18 January, a helicopter fell near a kindergarten in the city of Brovary, Kyiv Oblast, and a fire broke out. As a result, the top leadership of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs was killed, including Denys Monastyrskyi, Minister of Internal Affairs, Yevhen Yenin, First Deputy Interior Minister, and Yurii Lubkovych, State Secretary of the Interior Ministry, as well as assistants and security of the minister. Information about the total number of fatalities varied.
- According to the State Emergency Service, a total of 14 people died, including a child.
- The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has started proceedings due to the crash of the helicopter in Brovary. Among the main avenues of investigation are the following: violation of flight rules, technical malfunction and intentional actions.
- At the meeting on 18 January, the Cabinet of Ministers assigned the duties of the Minister of Internal Affairs to Ihor Klymenko, the head of the National Police.
- In February, the investigation reported that it had questioned more than 6,000 witnesses.
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