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10:30 a.m. : There were nine people on board the helicopter that crashed, they are all dead. The other victims are children and adults who were in the kindergarten of Brovary, explains the presidential adviser Kirill Tymoshenko during a press briefing on Ukrainian television. The Minister and his assistants were destined for a “hotspot” hostilities.
10:08 : Hello @Tini. At this stage, the causes of the helicopter crash in Brovary are not yet established. “We are studying all possible leads. The preliminary investigation has been entrusted to investigators from the security services”that is, the secret service, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin said in a statement.
10:06 : Do we already know the cause of the crash of the helicopter in Ukraine? An attack ? A missile ? An accident ?
10:18 a.m. : Last year, France Télévisions followed Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, who died this morning in a helicopter crash in Brovary. Journalist Maryse Burgot had accompanied him on a visit to the front line, a few days before the start of the Russian invasion.
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09:53 : A rescue operation is underway on the site of Brovary, where a helicopter crashed, near a kindergarten. At this stage, 18 people have died, including three minors, reports presidential adviser Kirill Tymoshenko. Twenty-two people were hospitalized, including ten minors.
09:28 : The First Deputy Minister of the Interior and the Secretary of State for the Interior also died in this accident. At this stage, the first assessment reports 16 words, including two minors, and 22 hospitalized victims, including ten minors, said a spokesperson for the national police.
09:28 : The helicopter crashed near a kindergarten and a building in the town of Brovary. The establishment was evacuated, specifies the regional military governor. Help is on site and local authorities are already talking about victims. The images reaching us show the extent of the flames.
09:26 : Sixteen people, including the Ukrainian interior minister Denys Monastyrskydied in the crash of a helicopter in Brovary, announces a spokesman for the Ukrainian national police.
09:05 : It’s 9 a.m., we take stock of the news:
• Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced the mobilization of more than 10,000 police and gendarmes to maintain order tomorrow during demonstrations against the pension reform. Follow our live.
• A helicopter crashed this morning in the town of Brovary, on the outskirts of kyiv, announced presidential adviser Kyrylo Tymoshenko. “There are victims”, he wrote. Follow our live.
• Registration on the Parcoursup post-baccalaureate admission platform begins this afternoon for senior high school students and students in reorientation. They have until March 9 inclusive to choose from among 21,000 state-recognized training courses.
• Sixteen departments are still on orange alert this morning. The reasons are varied: snow, ice, rain and floods.
09:02 : A helicopter crashed this morning near a kindergarten in the city of Brovary, on the outskirts of kyiv, announces presidential adviser Kyrylo Tymoshenko on Telegram. “There are victims”he wrote. “Ambulances, police and firefighters are working at the scene of the accident.”
07:20 : “It is not necessarily a whole system”Mark Rutte later told CNN. “It could also be equipment that is part of the system” or help with “interoperability and training”.
06:32 : The Dutch Prime Minister wants to help Ukraine equip itself with the Patriot air defense system. “We intend to join in what you are doing with Germany on the Patriot project”Mark Rutte told Joe Biden yesterday during a visit to the White House.
07:29 : Here is a first point on the titles:
• Sixteen departments are still on orange alert this morning. The reasons are varied: snow, ice, rain and floods.
• Ambulances were rushed to Sydney airport this morning when a Qantas plane arrived and sent an in-flight distress signal. The aircraft, with around 100 passengers on board, finally landed safely.
• The Dutch Prime Minister announced his “intention” to help Ukraine equip itself with the Patriot air defense system yesterday during a visit to Washington. “It is not necessarily a whole system”, said Mark Rutte. Follow our live.
• Registration on the Parcoursup post-baccalaureate admission platform begins this afternoon for senior high school students and students in reorientation. They have until March 9 inclusive to choose from among 21,000 state-recognized training courses.