Brovary tragedy: rescue operations complete

Emergency services have completed search-and-rescue operations at the site of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine helicopter crash. 

Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine 

Quote: "As of 15:45, the search-and-rescue operations have been completed. 14 people were confirmed dead, including one child; 25 people were injured, including 11 children". 

Background:

• On the morning of 18 January, a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten in Brovary in Kyiv Oblast, causing a fire.
• 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 as of 15:00, 14 dead people were found at the place 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. 

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