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title: "An investigation has been initiated by the Ukrainian authorities following the plane crash in Brovary"
url: https://radiomoldova.md/p/3951/an-investigation-has-been-initiated-by-the-ukrainian-authorities-following-the-plane-crash-in-brovary
published: 2023-01-19T08:35:51Z
language: en
author: "Carolina Străjescu"
section: "International"
source: radiomoldova.md
---

# 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.

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.

![UNIAN](https://storage.radiomoldova.md/images/80b1ef40-f537-4fa7-badd-a2ce9141da52.jpg)

*Sursa: UNIAN*

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.