An investigation has been initiated by the Ukrainian authorities following the plane crash in Brovary
President Zelenski stated that an investigation had been opened to establish the circumstances of the crash of a helicopter near a kindergarten and a residential building in Brovary.
Fourteen people were killed, including Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, other ministry officials and a child, Zelensky said in his evening address to the nation. Another 25 people were injured, including 11 children. He added that an investigation had been opened "to clarify all the circumstances of the disaster".
"Minister Denies Monastyrsky, (his deputy) Yevhen Yenin and their colleagues who died in the accident are not people who can be easily replaced," Zelensky said. “It is a really huge loss for the state. Condolences to the families," The Guardian reports.
The tragedy came as the head of NATO said at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos that the allies were ready to provide "heavier weapons" to the war-torn country. Ukraine has not claimed direct Russian involvement in the helicopter crash, but President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the tragedy was a consequence of war.
"There are no accidents in war. These are all the results of the war," Zelensky said in English, appearing via video link in Davos.
