A helicopter crash in the kyiv region killed at least 18 people, including three children. The Ukrainian Interior Minister and two other officials are also among the victims. Follow the latest developments in the war in Ukraine hour by hour.
1:46 p.m .: Victory over Ukraine is “inevitable”, says Putin
"Victory is assured, I have no doubts about that," Vladimir Putin said during a visit to an arms factory in St. Petersburg. According to Vladimir Putin, what could help Russia, "is the unity of the Russian people, the courage and heroism of our soldiers (...) and, of course, the work of our military and industrial sector" .
1:26 p.m .: Berlin offers help in Ukraine helicopter crash investigation
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser announced that she had offered kyiv "support" from Germany in the investigation aimed at clarifying the causes of the helicopter crash which killed at least 18 people.
The crash is "terrible news", she also said in a press release, saying she was very "saddened" by the death of her counterpart and his collaborators and by the fact that children also perished.
12:35 p.m.: Moscow compares the West's actions against Russia to those of Hitler against the Jews
The head of Russian diplomacy Sergei Lavrov compared the actions of Western countries against his country to the “final solution” of the Nazi regime to exterminate the Jews, remarks reflecting theses now commonly mentioned in Moscow.
"Just as Napoleon mobilized almost all of Europe against the Russian Empire, just as Hitler mobilized and conquered most European countries to throw them against the Soviet Union, today the United States has assembled a coalition" against Moscow, Sergei Lavrov said during his press conference at the start of the year.
Their task is "the same: the 'final solution' to the Russian question. Just as Hitler wanted to resolve the Jewish question, now Western leaders (...) are saying unambiguously that Russia must suffer a strategic defeat," he said. he added.
11:16 a.m .: Zelensky laments “terrible tragedy” after interior minister’s helicopter crash
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has lamented a "terrible tragedy" and expressed "unspeakable pain" following a helicopter crash on a school near kyiv that killed 18 including children and his minister of education Interior.
"Today a terrible tragedy happened in Brovary", a large city that touches the eastern suburbs of kyiv, Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram. "The pain is unspeakable. The helicopter fell on the grounds of a nursery school," he added.
10:53 a.m .: the death of the Minister of the Interior is “a great loss” (Prime Minister)
The death of Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky in the crash of the helicopter transporting him to the front is "a great loss", lamented Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Chmygal.
"Tragedy in Brovary. (...) A great loss for the government and the whole state" of Ukraine, he said on Telegram, calling for the "immediate creation of a special group for a detailed investigation of the circumstances of the tragedy".
10:44 am: the Minister of the Interior went to the front
The helicopter carrying Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, which crashed near kyiv, was on its way to the front, the Ukrainian presidency said on Wednesday.
"The purpose of this flight (was to go) to one of the hot spots in our country where the fighting is taking place. The Minister of the Interior was going there," said Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the cabinet of the presidency, on Ukrainian television.
10:37 am: Charles Michel deplores the death of a Ukrainian minister, "friend of the EU"
The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, deplored the death in a helicopter accident of the Ukrainian Interior Minister, "a great friend of the EU", and expressed his "deepest condolences" to the Ukrainian people.
“We join in the pain of Ukraine,” Charles Michel, who represents the 27 member countries of the EU, wrote on Twitter.
10:12 am: "We do not know the causes of the crash, an investigation is open", explains Gulliver Cragg, our correspondent in kyiv
9:50 am: the toll of the crash revised upwards with 18 dead
Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, 42, his first deputy Yevgeny Ienin, 42, and another senior ministry official on board the aircraft were also killed, the national police statement said.
The authorities have announced a death toll rising to 18, including three children. According to the governor of the region, there are 29 injured including 15 children.
9:30 a.m.: “Peace talks with Zelensky are impossible”, says Lavrov
The Foreign Minister said at a press conference in Moscow that iFor the time being, there was "no serious peace proposal" from Ukraine.
9:20 a.m.: 16 dead, including two children and the Minister of the Interior, in the helicopter crash near kyiv
Ukraine's interior minister was present in the helicopter that crashed in Brovary, Kyiv region, police said, adding that the crash killed 16 people, including two children. Nine victims were aboard the helicopter.
"We have information on 16 deaths including two children," police said in a statement. The Minister of the Interior, his first deputy and another senior official on board the aircraft were also killed, the statement said.
At least 22 people are injured, including 10 children.
8:44 a.m.: Helicopter crashes near school in Kyiv region, casualties (authorities)
A helicopter crashed near a kindergarten in the kyiv region, announced the Ukrainian presidency, citing "victims" in this accident.
"In the city of Brovary (eastern suburb of kyiv, editor's note), a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten and an apartment building (...) There are victims", indicated the chief Deputy Presidential Administration Kyrylo Tymoshenko on Telegram. “Ambulances, police and firefighters are working at the scene of the accident,” he added.
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