Helicopter Crash Near Kyiv Kills 17

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – The chief of Ukraine’s National Police says a helicopter crash in a Kyiv suburb has killed 17 people, including Ukraine’s interior minister and two children. Ihor Klymenko says Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi, his deputy Yevhen Yenin and Yurii Lubkovych, State Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, were among those killed Wednesday. There was no immediate word on whether the crash was an accident or due to the almost 11-month war with Russia. Nine of those killed were reportedly aboard the emergency services helicopter that crashed in Brovary, an eastern suburb of the Ukrainian capital. A total of 22 people were injured, including 10 children.