Multiple Casualties As Helicopter Crashes Next To Nursery Full Of Children In Ukraine
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A Ukrainian government helicopter came down next to a nursery full of children
outside Kyiv this morning, with officials saying there have been multiple
casualties.
The aircraft came down in the Ukrainian town of
Brovary, found to the northeast of the capital, on Wednesday morning.
Emergency services rushed to the scene.
‘In the city of Brovary, a
helicopter fell near a kindergarten and a residential building,’ the head of
the Kyiv regional administration, Oleksiy Kuleba said.
He added: ‘there were children and … staff in the nursery at the
time of this tragedy. Everyone has now been evacuated. There are casualties.’
A presidential aide said checks were being made on casualties,
amid fears that children were still inside the blazing building.
Initial reports said there were at least three deaths, and that some children
had been evacuated.
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