Aircraft crash in Brovary: 18 dead, almost three dozen injured

On the morning of January 18, a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten and a residential building in Brovary, Kyiv region.

Updated at 10:55 am. The number of victims has increased. As of this moment, there are 18 dead, including three children.

29 people, including 15 minors, were injured.

According to Oleksiy Kuleba, the head of the Regional Military Administration, the victims are being provided with all necessary assistance.

All operational services are working at the scene.

Update at 10:11. According to the head of the National Police Ihor Klymenko, the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs – Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrskyi, First Deputy Minister Yevhen Yenin and State Secretary Yuriy Lubkovych – died in the plane crash in Brovary.

Updated at 10:06. According to Yuriy Ihnat, spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force, the helicopter that crashed in Brovary was intended for the needs of the State Emergency Service.

Updated at 09:59. According to preliminary information from the Brovary Police Department, three people were killed and five injured.

Updated at 09:41. According to preliminary information, there are no children among the victims.

Rescuers are still working at the scene.

Updated at 09:35. Photos and videos of the first minutes after the helicopter crash in Brovary have been released.

Updated at 09:25. According to Kateryna Pryanishnikova, a spokeswoman for the Kyiv police, there are five dead in addition to the five injured.

Updated at 09:21. According to the head of the OVA, Oleksiy Kuleba, the helicopter crashed near a kindergarten and a residential building.

– At the time of the tragedy, children and staff were in the kindergarten. At the moment, everyone has been evacuated. There are victims,” said Oleksiy Kuleba.

“Paramedics, police and firefighters are working at the scene.

Update at 09:18. Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko emphasizes that the number of reports of injuries in Brovary is increasing.

– “No sooner have we recovered from one tragedy (a missile attack on the Dnipro River on January 14 – Ed.) than we have another,” said Tymoshenko.

Updated at 09:10. Kyiv police spokeswoman Kateryna Pryanishnikova reports five victims.

Updated at 09:03.

Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko said that an aircraft crashed into a social infrastructure facility in Brovary.

– We are checking the information about the victims and the circumstances. The State Emergency Service and all services are already at the scene,” wrote Kyrylo Tymoshenko.

According to Kyiv police spokeswoman Kateryna Pryanishnikova, the helicopter crashed near a kindergarten, after which a fire broke out.

– “People are being evacuated,” said Pryanishnikova.

On the morning of January 18, an explosion occurred in Brovary, Kyiv region.

This was reported to ICTV by eyewitnesses at the scene.

A loud sound was heard in the area of the kindergarten after an aircraft flew overhead. Immediately afterward, ambulances rushed to the scene.

A number of Telegram channels immediately reported that a helicopter had crashed and that a fire had broken out at the scene.