International Desk/

16 people, including the country’s Interior Minister Denis Monastirsky and several senior police and military officials, were killed in a helicopter crash in the town of Brovary, near the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.

The accident happened on Tuesday (January 17) local time. Khabar-Reuters

The governor of Kiev region said the helicopter crashed near a nursery school and residential building.

He said that there are 2 children among the dead.