Ukrainian authorities on Thursday launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the helicopter crash killed inside the country minister and 13 others.
Wednesday crash outside Kyiv k came head of NATO said at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos that the allies were set To provide “heavier weapons” to the war-torn country.
Ukraine has not claimed direct Russian involvement in The helicopter crashbut President Volodymyr Zelensky said the tragedy was a consequence of the war.
There are no accidents in war. This is all a results war, Zelensky said in Language English, shown by video link in Davos.
he also Rolling calls for western talk-designed Heavy tanks, which analysts say are crucial for pushing them through trenches defensive lines in eastern Ukraine.
in a semi-veiled reference to Germany, where Chancellor Olaf Scholz is weighing whether to give the green light to export of Zelensky released highly regarded Leopard tanks.call for speed. “
“The time that the free-thinking world uses is used by the terrorist state to kill,” Zelensky told delegates in Davos.
The statement came after NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance would provide “more Advanced support and heavier weapons more Modern weapons because that is fight for rate us.”
while, in Washington, Under Secretary of defense for Politics Colin Kahl said the US wasn’t “there yet” when it came to supplying advanced Abrams tanks to Ukraine, though he didn’t close the door entirely. on Rosy in the future.
“The children were crying.”
The helicopter carrying Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky crashed next To kindergarten and residential building in Brovary, a commuter town for Capital Kyiv This was the scene of fierce battles with Russian forces last year.
fourteen people Among them are Monastyrsky, other ministry officials and a child, Zelensky said in His evening address to the nation. 25 more people Among them are 11 children.
he added An investigation has been launched to clarify all circumstances of catastrophe.”
“Minister Denis Monastyrsky, (his deputy) Yvonne Yenin and their comrades colleagues who Die in the crash incorrect people who “He can be easily replaced,” Zielinski said. “It’s a really huge loss.” for the state. My condolences to the families.”
Dmytro Serpin, who I was in His apartment when the helicopter crashed, he rushed to help children like soon He also saw flames rising over Kindergarten.
“They were looking for They are parents and children They were crying… Their faces were cut and covered in Serbin told AFP.
We pulled out out one girl. I drew her in her jacket face She was wounded … She did not tremble, she did not cry.
Baby Polina was badly injured father Serbin told AFP he did not immediately recognize her.
Heartbreaking tragedy
Amateur footage trading on social media in Immediately aftermath Families screams and a big fire.
It wasn’t right away clear Where was the helicopter going?
The presidency said it is heading to the confrontation areas, while Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the plane was on its way to the site of a missile attack in Dnipro.
Zelensky said information on Circumstances of the crash Will be made available “like soon like clear The facts are proven.
US President Joe Biden said in In a statement it was a “heartbreaking tragedy”, calling Monastyrsky a “reformer and patriot”.
“We have no idea now what caused That crashUS National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters.
Britain said: “Ukrainians will remain side (victims) as long as (Russian President Vladimir) Putin continues his needless war.”
Meanwhile, Berlin offered “Germany’s offer support in Determination causes of The helicopter crash. “
creative , good Person’
Klitschko Kyiv Mayor, greet Monastyrsky as a “youngvery creative, good Someone who…always proactive in supporting and defend lives of Our compatriots.
42-year- In the past, a trainee lawyer, he worked in the post of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry minister From July 2021.
he was key member of Zelensky party And he was married with two children.
Air accidents to some extent common in Ukraine.
in one of The deadliest incidents in recent times, 26 peoplebone of With them air Students, were killed when their plane crashed near eastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv in September 2020.
City of Brovary is located about 20 kilometers (12 miles) northeast of Kyiv It was among the urban centers around the capital that the Russian forces attempted to take capture After the invasion of Ukraine last year.
“Russian question”
while, in Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov likened it to Western policies on Russia to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s “Final Solution” plan of Genocide against Jewish people.
The task is the same: final solution of The Russian Question. Just like Hitler wanted to the end solve “The Jewish question,” Lavrov said.
Canada’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador to protest what it described as “Lavrov’s anti-Semitic comments” as well as to denounce the recent Russian strike. on residential building in Ukrainian Dnipro that killed at least 45 people.
