Ukrainian government chopper crashes into Ukrainian kindergarten

Kindergarten fireball horror as Ukrainian government chopper crashes beside nursery full of children outside of Kyiv, with multiple casualties.

This morning, a Ukrainian government helicopter crashed next to a nursery full of children outside Kyiv, with officials reporting multiple casualties.

According to Klymenko, nine of those killed were aboard the helicopter when it crashed. According to Kuleba, 29 people were injured, 15 of whom are children, and are being treated in hospitals.

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‘In the city of Brovary, a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten and a residential building,’ said Oleksiy Kuleba, head of the Kyiv regional administration. ‘There were children and… staff in the nursery at the time of this tragedy,’ he added. Everyone has been evacuated at this point. There have been casualties.’

Ukrainian authorities shared videos and photos of the smouldering wreckage of the helicopter near the entrance of a building, as well as a body on the ground nearby.