The head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Kharkiv region said that he had already left to meet those who were on board the helicopter.
The tragic fall of the helicopter in Brovary has become overgrown with new details. As it turned out, the board with the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was heading to the Kharkiv region.
Volodymyr Tymoshko, the head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Kharkiv region, informed about this and noted that yesterday, January 17, and this morning, he spoke with everyone who was on board and went to meet them.
“Today, I was supposed to meet, shake hands, see not only leaders, but friends whom I respected and waited for,” he said.
The plane crash in Brovary – you need to know this today
As reported, today, January 18, a helicopter of the State Emergency Service crashed near a kindergarten in Brovary, Kyiv region. There were nine people on board: six representatives of the operative group of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in particular, the leadership of the ministry – Minister Denys Monastyrskyi, his deputy Yevhen Yenin and State Secretary Yuriy Lubkovich, as well as three members of the crew of the State Emergency Service. All who were on board the helicopter died.
Currently, it is known that 16 people died as a result of the tragedy, including three children. 30 people were hospitalized, including 12 children.
The Prosecutor General’s Office said that law enforcement officers are considering all possible versions of the accident.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy instructed the Security Service in cooperation with the National Police and other authorized bodies to find out all the circumstances of the helicopter crash in Brovary.
Investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine have started a pre-trial investigation into the helicopter crash. Law enforcement officers are considering several versions of the tragedy: violation of flight rules, technical malfunction of the helicopter and deliberate actions to destroy the vehicle.
