A military serviceman stands at the site of the crash near a kindergarten outside the capital Kyiv - Copyright AFP Andrew LEESONSergei SUPINSKYUkraine’s interior minister was among more than a dozen people killed in a helicopter crash Wednesday near a kindergarten outside Kyiv, spurring condolences from allies. The presidency said that the aircraft was en route to the frontline in eastern Ukraine. “The pain is unspeakable.”Monastyrsky, 42, a trained lawyer, had served as Ukraine’s interior minister from July 2021. “We join Ukraine in grief following the tragic helicopter accident,” the president of the European Council said, in a message posted to social media. “Minister Denys Monastyrsky was a great friend of the EU.”There was no immediate comment on what may have caused the crash.
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