Helicopter crash near Kyiv kills 17, including top officials

BREAKING: A helicopter crash near Kyiv has killed 16 people, including Ukraine's interior minister, police say.

Holes left by fragments of Russian shells are seen on a car glass in the yard of an apartment building damaged in the night following a Russian rocket attack in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023.

KYIV, Ukraine — A helicopter crash in a Kyiv suburb Wednesday killed 17 people, including Ukraine’s interior minister and two children, Ukrainian authorities said. Nine of those killed were aboard the emergency services helicopter that crashed in Brovary, an eastern suburb of the Ukrainian capital, Klymenko said.

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