Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed ROCKFORD — The city plans to again host a group of youth from its sister city of Brovary, Ukraine for a time of recuperation and respite from the ongoing war with Russia The city last hosted a group of children and chaperones from Brovary in July 2022 about five months after Russia had invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the now decadelong Russo-Ukrainian War Brovary Mayor Ihor Sapozhko again asked for support from Rockford 10 children and two chaperones will travel to Rockford Each child has lost a father to death or disappearance during the war “It is a sobering privilege to again stand beside local partners in an effort to support our sister city We trust that the same spirit that stirred so many to give in those first months of the Ukrainian conflict will again spur generosity in the Rockford region and beyond,” Dan Ross president of the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois “We look forward to extending a warm and peaceful welcome to these young visitors.” In 2022, donors from the Rockford area also contributed tens of thousands of dollars worth of medical supplies to be delivered to Brovary hospitals Thousands of meals were also packaged and distributed to people in need in Brovary we hosted teens from Brovary and the Rockford community really stepped up and helped us provide a fantastic trip for these children,” Mayor Tom McNamara said These children need rest and solace from the trauma they are facing at home.” The relationship between the city of Rockford and Brovary began in 1995 when a soccer team from Kyiv visited Rockford and suggested a sister city with its suburb of roughly 85,900 people To donate online with the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois, visit cfnil.org/burf This article is by Kevin Haas. Email him at khaas@rockrivercurrent.com or follow him on X at @KevinMHaas or Instagram @thekevinhaas and Threads @thekevinhaas by Kevin Haas Rock River Current is owned and operated in Rockford IL by Mid-West Family Broadcasting-Rockford (Long Nine Головна Сторінка » English stories » For Officials Only: How a Brovary Company Rents Out Expensive Cars for Pennies Slidstvo.Info journalists have come across a curious scheme: how officials who love the luxury life can avoid giving it up but also avoid disclosing the purchase of expensive items in their declarations purchased two brand new cars and leased them for ridiculously low prices The company leased a 2023 Range Rover Sport to the wife of the mayor of Brovary for UAH 10,000 and a 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid to an employee of the Pension Fund for UAH 4,000 This is revealed in a new investigation by Slidstvo.Info Maryna Sapozhko is the wife of Brovary Mayor Ihor Sapozhko and a member of the Kyiv Regional Council We will tell you how your taxes are spent. 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Maryna Sapozhko at the wheel / Source: Antikor People appreciate what you see in front of you and pay money for it high-end climate system — everything here is at a high level You immediately realise that this is a Range Rover,’ Yaroslav Mintus describes the car during a short test drive for Slidstvo.Info The fact that Ms Sapozhko used this car was confirmed by the National Agency for Corruption Prevention They also provided the cost of renting the premium car the minimum market value for renting a Range Rover Sport 2023 is just over a million hryvnias during September 2023 — July 2024 NACP response to the NGO Anti-Corruption Headquarters It is not easy to rent such a car: journalists did not find a 2023 model either at an official dealer or in rental services During a telephone conversation with the official distributor of JLR in Ukraine the representative said that this particular model was not available for rent She also confirmed that a day’s rental of such a car used to cost 15,000 hryvnias Another rental service also assured that the 2023 Range Rover Sport model is not available and the cost of a rental day varies depending on the duration of use: 1-3 days will cost $280 per day You won’t be able to rent a Peugeot 301 for 10 thousand hryvnias a month to work as a taxi driver What kind of Range Rover are we talking about,’ analyses Yaroslav Mintus as follows from the NACP’s response and attempts to rent a car similar to the Range Rover used by Maryna Sapozhko UAH 10,000 per month is clearly a low price Renting such a car costs at least UAH 90,000 per month Maryna Sapozhko rents this luxury car from Ukrgefest The journalists analysed Ukrgefest‘s participation in public procurement this company has won 225 lots worth almost UAH 48 million The most frequent organisers of these tenders were the municipal enterprises of Brovary City Council and the Executive Committee of Brovary City Council The place of registration of Ukrgefest was an ordinary apartment building where journalists went to find out how it happened that a Brovary company that regularly wins city council tenders decided to buy a brand new Range Rover and lease it to the mayor’s wife for a pittance an interesting fact: Just before registering a 2023 Range Rover Sport Ukrgefest added a new activity code (KVED) for ‘Car and Light Vehicle Rental’ to its business activities Slidstvo.Info journalists tried several times to talk to Mrs Sapozhko by phone but her response was limited to a short one: ‘I’m sorry the NACP informed the Anti-Corruption Headquarters that it had established the fact that the mayor of Brovary ‘An official has no right to rent cars at low prices The head of the territorial community should not act in the interests of any company to which he or she may have a connection or private interest,’ comments Serhii Mytkalyk Chairman of the Board of the NGO Anti-Corruption Headquarters journalists found that in addition to the luxury Range Rover Sport 2023 the company also owns a Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid 2023 From the NACP’s response to a journalistic inquiry Slidstvo.Info learned that the Toyota in question is used by Natalia Popelukha She is the chief specialist of the Main Department of the Pension Fund of Ukraine in the Kyiv region She is paying 4000 hryvnias per month for the car The journalists managed to talk to Natalia near her workplace she said that she did not know that she had to declare the car she was renting Slidstvo.Info journalists learned that a day’s rental of a car like Natalia’s costs UAH 1600 Provided that you leave your car at a Toyota service centre ‘This woman is subject to anti-corruption legislation we should raise the question of the possibility of drawing up protocols on violations of receiving illegal gifts civil servants or local government officials should be held accountable because they are the ones who agree to these discounts and free gifts,’ explains Serhii Mytkalyk chairman of the board of the NGO Anti-Corruption Headquarters the Slidstvo.Info journalists kept trying to talk to representatives of Ukrgefest nor the head of the private multidisciplinary enterprise Ukrgefest wanted to answer the journalists’ questions when asked by a journalist when she would receive a response to the request journalists saw a lot for the maintenance of elevators The anti-corruption expert sees a connection between such actions of the Brovary mayor and the brand new Range Rover rented by his wife ‘There is a direct legal connection between Sapozhko and this company through the lease of the car at a reduced price This makes it possible to assume that there are signs of a conflict of interest This is a corrupt administrative offence for which the National Police should hold accountable,” comments Serhiy Mytkalyk head of the NGO Anti-Corruption Headquarters Slidstvo.Info tried to ask Ihor Sapozhko questions when it arrived at the Brovary City Council the journalists were not allowed to see the mayor 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Russian forces once again attacked Ukraine with drones Falling debris caused fires in residential buildings in the Kyiv region and a crater was formed in the Lviv region RBC-Ukraine gathered all the details about the aftermath of the nighttime Shahed drone raid the enemy used 58 strike UAVs of the Shahed type and various types of decoy drones during the attack The aerial attack was countered by anti-aircraft missile forces Ukrainian defenders shot down 25 drones in the Sumy Another 27 enemy decoy drones lost their localization and effectiveness According to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rescue operations in the Kyiv region continued throughout the night after the Shahed strikes "Buildings in Brovary and Hlevakha were damaged three people were killed — my condolences to their families and loved ones There are injured individuals who are receiving the necessary assistance," Zelenskyy said He emphasized that accountability is needed for every component used in the production of Shaheds and missiles supplied in circumvention of sanctions "Russia wouldn't be able to wage war at all if its allies were truly limited in their ability to support this terror and these assaults on the frontlines," the president added debris from UAVs fell on a 10-story residential building This caused a fire and structural damage on the 6th and 7th floors About 150 residents were evacuated from the building A man injured in the incident was rescued from the 6th floor using a ladder truck He was handed over to medical workers with burns A woman trapped in her apartment on the 9th floor was also rescued Photo: rescue operation in Hlevakha in a 10-story building (facebook.com/MNS.GOV.UA) Rescue workers found the body of a man born in 1988 while extinguishing the fire in the 10-story building A family medicine clinic and two apartment buildings were also damaged in the same town Photo: a fire raged on several floors of a building in Hlevakha (t.me/UA_National_Police) 49 personnel and 13 units of equipment are working at the site Psychologists have been engaged to provide psychological support An “points of invincibility” has been deployed Photo: The National Police showed the consequences of the attack in Hlevakha (t.me/UA_National_Police) rescuers discovered the body of a man born in 1966 Photo: A two-story house burned down in Brovary killing a couple (facebook.com/MNS.GOV.UA) The fire was extinguished by 4:14 AM Kyiv time over 120 square meters Photo: a two-story house in Brovary was destroyed as a result of an enemy attack (t.me/Igor_Sapozhko) the nighttime attack in the Kyiv region damaged 11 apartments and 8 private homes a private house and car were damaged in one of the villages in the Lviv district Windows and doors of the house were shattered and a 4-meter-diameter crater formed nearby Photo: A crater formed in a village near Lviv as a result of a drone crash (t.me/andriysadovyi) it was revealed that the affected house was located in the village of Pidbirtsi Local authorities noted that this same house had been hit back in 2022 partially damaged the roof and rooms inside Photo: a house in the village of Pidbirtsi damaged by the attack (t.me/andriysadovyi) the occupiers struck private homes in one of the villages in the Korukivka district Photo: the aftermath of a drone attack in Chernihiv region (t.me/chernigivskaODA) Explosions were also reported overnight in the Cherkasy region Air defense forces successfully intercepted 12 Russian drones Preliminary reports indicate that the attack caused no damage to infrastructure air defense forces shot down 5 Shahed drones in the Khmelnytskyi region Authorities are determining the locations of the debris No reports of casualties or damage have been received from the region Russians attack Ukraine daily with Shaheds and decoy drones This not only terrorizes the civilian population but also aims to exhaust Ukraine's air defense systems As recently calculated by British intelligence, various factors may affect the monthly launch rates, either increasing or decreasing them. However, there is a likelihood that Russia can sustain launch levels of at least 1,500 per month. Sources: data from the State Emergency Service statements by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Acting Head of Kyiv Regional Military Administration Mykola Kalashnyk as Zelenskiy says Russians withdrawing ‘slowly but noticeably’ A key city east of the Ukrainian capital but retreating troops were said to be heavily mining the lost territory in their wake The city of Brovary was said by its mayor to have been liberated with Ukrainian forces working to drive out the last Russian troops and clear the area of “military hardware” warned that Russian forces were creating “a complete disaster” by leaving mines on homes and corpses as they retreated Russia has continued withdrawing some of its ground forces from areas around the capital after saying earlier this week it would reduce military activity near the Ukrainian capital and the northern city of Chernihiv But in his regular address in the early hours of Saturday, Zelenskiy said the satellite towns around the city were being indiscriminately booby-trapped He said: “They are mining the whole territory Amid reports of missile attacks on the central Ukraine cities of Poltava and Kremenchuk on Saturday morning Zelenskiy said the Russians were withdrawing “slowly but noticeably” He pleaded with Russian families not to let their young men sign up for the army as the Kremlin’s annual military conscription drive began 1:26Russian forces leaving traps during retreat warns Ukrainian president – video“We don’t need more dead people here Save your children so they do not become villains adding that he believed Russia was trying to recruit conscripts from Crimea Ukraine’s military said on Friday it had retaken 29 settlements in the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions But Ukraine and its allies warned that the Kremlin was not de-escalating to promote trust at the bargaining table but instead resupplying and shifting its troops to the country’s east Those movements appear to be preparation for an intensified assault on the self-proclaimed republics of the mostly Russian-speaking Donbas in Ukraine’s east Zelenskiy did not say anything about the latest round of talks Ukraine said it would be willing to abandon an attempt to join Nato and declare itself neutral – Moscow’s chief demand – in return for security guarantees from several other countries The invasion has left thousands dead and driven more than 4 million refugees from Ukraine Mariupol, the shattered and besieged southern port city, has seen some of the worst suffering of the war. Its capture would be a major prize for the Russian president, Vladimir Putin giving his country an unbroken land bridge to Crimea the International Committee for the Red Cross said it was unable to carry out an operation to bring civilians out of Mariupol by bus City authorities said the Russians were blocking access to the city “We do not see a real desire on the part of the Russians and their satellites to provide an opportunity for Mariupol residents to evacuate to territory controlled by Ukraine,” Petro Andryushchenko He said Russian forces were “categorically not allowing any humanitarian cargo About 100,000 people are believed to remain in the city Weeks of Russian bombardment and street fighting have caused severe shortages of water “We are running out of adjectives to describe the horrors that residents in Mariupol have suffered,” said Ewan Watson Russian forces blocked a 45-bus convoy attempting to evacuate people from Mariupol and seized 14 tonnes of food and medical supplies bound for the city Zelenskiy said more than 3,000 people were able to leave Mariupol on Friday He said he discussed the humanitarian disaster with the French president by telephone and with the president of the European parliament “Europe doesn’t have the right to be silent about what is happening in our Mariupol,” Zelenskiy said “The whole world should respond to this humanitarian catastrophe.” In the Kyiv region, a nighttime Russian drone attack caused fire and destruction in Fastiv district and the city of Brovary. Rescuers continue to work to eliminate the consequences of the strike, and 3 killed were reported, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. the State Emergency Service of Ukraine also released photos and videos of the aftermath of the Russian drone strike on the Kyiv region the fragments of a UAV hit a 10-story residential building causing a fire and destruction on the 6-7th floors,” the emergency service reported The SESU added that 150 residents were evacuated and an injured man from the 6th floor and a trapped woman from the 9th floor were rescued The emergency service also informed that 49 rescuers and 13 vehicles are working at the scene and psychologists from the State Emergency Service are providing support to the victims “A killed man born in 1988 was found,” the SESU said the wreckage of a Russian UAV destroyed a residential building and there was a fire that had already been extinguished over an area of 120 square meters the National Police of Ukraine said that 3 people had already been killed in the Kyiv region as a result of the Shahed attack where he is being provided with all the necessary assistance,” the NPU said there were reports of air defense operations in the Kyiv region a representative of the Kyiv region authorities said that the downed drones caused fires in residential buildings in two settlements in the region local authorities informed that 2 people in two settlements in the Kyiv region were killed in a Russian attack Russian drones were also spotted in the capital explosions were also heard in Kyiv amid a Russian drone attack ROCKFORD — As families are ripped apart by Russian President Vladimir Putin's "murderous" invasion of Ukraine Mayor Tom McNamara called on Rockford to do what it can to help McNamara on Friday announced the creation of a Brovary Relief Fund to gather money and supplies to benefit Rockford's sister city of Brovary in Ukraine McNamara said he was scheduled on Thursday to speak by phone with Brovary Mayor Igor Sapozhko Instead he spoke with a deputy mayor as Sapozhko was forced to call an emergency city council meeting to allocate additional funds because of the attack McNamara said the woman he spoke with named Olena has been “amazing and incredibly courageous.”  Opinion: As fate of Ukraine hangs in balance, we have a choice to make Disturbing air raid or bomb alert sirens could be heard in the background as he spoke to the deputy mayor on the phone “That call I can tell you is one of the harder calls I’ve had just because what she said is that ‘our women and children are dying And then to hear the alarms from their bomb system going off,” McNamara said The Rockford Area Visitors & Convention Bureau Foundation and the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois have each donated $5,000 to the relief fund. Residents also can donate by visiting the websites for Kids Around the World and the Community Foundation Checks can be mailed to either organization as well with "Brovary Relief Fund" in the memo line a suburb of Ukraine's capital city of Kyiv was proclaimed a Rockford sister city in 1992 said he was part of a delegation 30 years ago that went to Brovary when then Mayor Charles Box was unable to make the trip when Ukraine was being liberated," Beach said seeing it trying to be taken back."   News: How Russian attack on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant unfolded Kids Around the World got its start building a playground in Brovary "Since that time we have built 1,000 playgrounds," said Steve Sjogren of Kids Around the World somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 million meals have been packaged." Sjogren said the organization built a playground in a Romanian refugee camp that is likely being used by Ukrainian children who are fleeing violence.  McNamara later received an email from Sapozhko You might be interested: He can barely remember Ukraine, but Russian invasion has college student asking 'what if?' and hundreds of thousands of people have been left homeless," Sapozhko wrote ordinary people and all the Ukrainian people are defending their land there are no borders between our friendly countries Ukraine's victory is security for the whole of Europe as well as for the whole world "We are aware of your sincere intentions to help us We need both funds and any material support.” Jeff Kolkey: (815) 987-1374; jkolkey@rrstar.com; @jeffkolkey The Verkhovna Rada proposes to rename the city of Brovary in the Kyiv region on Brovary The relevant draft resolution registered people's deputies headed by Roman Lozynskyi The National Commission for State Language Standards noted that the form "Brovary" is the result of the Russification of the Ukrainian toponymic language space therefore it needs to be replaced by the specifically Ukrainian form "Brovary" The Institute of Linguistics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine also indicated that the renaming of the city of Brovary to the city of Brovary corresponds to the norms of the modern Ukrainian literary language and is based on ancient toponymic Ukrainian national traditions the People's Deputies reminded that at different times in written sources the name of this settlement was recorded as Brovary "The decision of the Verkhovna Rada will put the final point in this matter. We hope that the people's representatives will take into account the opinions of scientists, historians, researchers, and most importantly - the community of the city of Brovary - when considering this project at the plenary session", - noted Mayor of Brovary Ihor Sapozhko Zaporizhzhia and Brovary can be renamed: the National Commission has published recommendations The Verkhovna Rada Committee supported the renaming of more than 100 settlements, including Chervonograd and Brovary The well-known Italian architect Mario Cuchenelli developed a project for the point of invincibility for Brovary +380 (44) 465 53 41 +380 (67) 638 76 00 hello@pragmatika.media https://pragmatika.media '+n.escapeExpression("function"==typeof(o=null!=(o=r(e,"eyebrowText")||(null!=l?r(l,"eyebrowText"):l))?o:n.hooks.helperMissing)?o.call(null!=l?l:n.nullContext||{},{name:"eyebrowText",hash:{},data:t,loc:{start:{line:28,column:63},end:{line:28,column:78}}}):o)+" \n '+(null!=(o=c(e,"if").call(r,null!=l?c(l,"cta2PreText"):l,{name:"if",hash:{},fn:n.program(32,t,0),inverse:n.noop,data:t,loc:{start:{line:63,column:20},end:{line:63,column:61}}}))?o:"")+"\n"+(null!=(o=(c(e,"ifAll")||l&&c(l,"ifAll")||n.hooks.helperMissing).call(r,null!=l?c(l,"cta2Text"):l,null!=l?c(l,"cta2Link"):l,{name:"ifAll",hash:{},fn:n.program(34,t,0),inverse:n.noop,data:t,loc:{start:{line:64,column:20},end:{line:70,column:30}}}))?o:"")+" ROCKFORD — With combat raging in and around Rockford's sister city of Brovary a coalition of local organizations has collected more than $80,000 as part of a relief effort said that the organization tapped its contacts in Romania and Europe to purchase 8½ pallets of medical supplies Those supplies were to include pain killers antibiotics and sedatives needed to equip field hospitals Rosene said the plan was to ship the medicines to Brovary, the scene of recent intense fighting via truck as part of a United Nations humanitarian aid convoy from Romania "Medicine was requested by the mayor's office in Brovary more than anything," Rosene said adding that they were also looking to acquire diesel generators that were requested "We are doing all that we can do to make sure the supplies get there." Mayor Tom McNamara said the Brovary Relief Fund is just one of many efforts in the Rockford region raising money and supplies to benefit Ukrainians who are the victims of what he said was Russian President Vladimir Putin's "murderous" war of choice Similar: Rockford-area residents express support, concern for people of Ukraine Brovary was designated a sister city of Rockford in 1992 Kids Around the World got its start installing playgrounds in Brovary and has also installed playgrounds in Romania The relief fund was established with a $5,000 donation from the Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Foundation and another $5,000 donation from the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois they teamed with Kids Around the World which has contacts in the region Residents can still donate by visiting the websites for Kids Around the World, 5245 28th Ave, Rockford, IL 61109, or the Community Foundation but really wonderful things," McNamara said According to Ukrinform, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced this on Facebook the Russian invader lost four infantry fighting vehicles two tanks and the Ukrainian unit received one infantry armored vehicle," the statement reads The General Staff added that the enemy was hiding hus equipment among the houses of civilians Because he sees his vehicles that have become scrap metal and knows that the same fate awaits him," the General Staff said on the instructions of the aggressor country's president Russian troops have been shelling and destroying key infrastructure with missiles hitting residential buildings Martial law was imposed in Ukraine and general mobilization was declared While citing and using any materials on the Internet links to the website ukrinform.net not lower than the first paragraph are mandatory citing the translated materials of foreign media outlets is possible only if there is a link to the website ukrinform.net and the website of a foreign media outlet Materials marked as "Advertisement" or with a disclaimer reading "The material has been posted in accordance with Part 3 of Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine "On Advertising" No 1996 and the Law of Ukraine "On the Media" No 2023 and on the basis of an agreement/invoice Online media entity; Media identifier - R40-01421 A boy lays a flower at the scene of a helicopter crash crash in Brovary including Ukraine's interior affairs minister Denys Monastyrsky Ukraine — Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky and a child are among at least 14 people who died in a helicopter crash Wednesday morning after the aircraft slammed into an area holding a kindergarten and its playground in Brovary Officials initially said the death toll was even worse, but Ukraine's State Emergency Service said later that 14 people had died The update came after authorities identified bodies and concluded search and rescue operations "It is an indescribable pain," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said as he extended his condolences to the families and friends of those who were lost All nine people aboard the helicopter were killed The cause of the crash is not yet known. The area was under heavy fog early Wednesday. But Ukraine is also at war with Russia, which has frequently fired missiles at civilian areas around the country, including an apartment building in the southeastern city of Dnipro The helicopter went down in a residential area that is home to apartment buildings a shopping center and colorful playgrounds The crash sent a door-sized panel from the helicopter and other parts of the aircraft flying across the kindergarten's playground blankets were used to cover bodies on the ground as charred wreckage lay nearby local residents brought flowers and small knit stuffed animals creating a memorial to those who were lost as emergency crews continued to clear debris from the area watched workers clear the site alongside her two grandchildren "We came just to see what happened – and to realize that he won't go to this kindergarten anymore," Letun said wearing a puffy blue jacket and a knit hat with a pompom on it that's why today he stayed with me," Letun said A helicopter carrying the leadership of Ukraine's interior ministry crashed near a kindergarten in Brovary her granddaughter started to scream — at the beginning of the war her family lived in a region that was under Russian occupation Letun wept as she thought about the children who died at the school the fire was bigger than that 12-story building" — pointing to an apartment complex that looms behind the school came by pushing her 2-and-a-half-year-old daughter She says she was planning to send Elyzaveta to this very school you can see that the helicopter crashed into the kindergarten," Litchenko said "I want to emphasize that it was very foggy and I don't know why they decided to take the helicopter in such weather." The Security Service of Ukraine launched an investigation on Wednesday saying it will explore three potential explanations for the crash: that the aircraft malfunctioned; that it flew despite bad visibility; and that it was targeted by deliberate actions Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi seen here speaking during an interview last year was aboard a helicopter that was heading to hotspots in Ukraine's war when the craft crashed The Ukrainian government says the interior ministry's entire leadership died State Secretary of Ministry of Internal Affairs Yuri Lubkovych Hours after the disaster, Ukraine's government appointed Ihor Klymenko as the acting minister of internal affairs According to an official from the president's office Monastyrsky's group had planned to travel to one of the country's hot spots Ukraine's interior ministry oversees law enforcement the national guard and state emergency services Become an NPR sponsor During the full-scale war with the Russian Federation Krippa became the owner of several iconic assets He bought the capital business center "Parus" from Vadym Stolar located between Independence Square and the President's Office Crippa explains his choice by focusing on unique objects The businessman emphasizes that his investment is not a way to "park" the hryvnia due to military restrictions that make it difficult to withdraw capital abroad these investments became possible thanks to the currency funds that he brought to Ukraine One of the key assets acquired by the businessman was the Parus skyscraper in the center of Kyiv Crippa admits that the deal was profitable as he did not pay the full amount immediately and also took over a loan of UAH 600 million left by the previous owner This makes the $80-100 million deal estimate "It's just a commercially profitable deal that I couldn't pass up," he said Kripp described the purchase of the Ukraina Hotel as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity I would like to have a cool luxury hotel there such assets will be worth two to three times more than the current valuation and after renovation - even more," he explained Maksym Krippa is a businessman from Brovary who currently lives in the United Arab Emirates His name began to appear actively in the media after he began buying up expensive real estate in Kyiv and the Kyiv region Judging by LinkedIn profile Crippa graduated from the International Christian University in Kyiv in the nineties with a degree in business administration Then he obtained a master's degree in the same field at the European University and later studied for a master's degree in law at Taras Shevchenko KNU In 2006, Crippa opened a limited liability company "Monaco Club" in Brovary, which was engaged in gambling. In accordance with danimi analytical system YouControl he was on the list of founders of this company until 2015 Crippa became the owner of the Brewery Wholesale Market he remains the ultimate beneficiary of the market with a share of the authorized capital of 99,8% Krippa ran for the Kyiv City Council from Samopomochi Krippa was an assistant to people's deputies three times on public grounds - Ivan Bokoy from the Socialist Party in 2006-2007 and Ruslan Lukyanchuk from BYU in 2007-2012 Crippa rose to prominence with the acquisition of world champion eSports club NAVI Forbes reported that the agreement on the transfer of rights to NAVI took place back in 2018 Later it became known that Crippa acquired the STALKER game development company - GSC Game World Crippa's other esports asset is the eSports broadcasting company Maincast the data on the ownership structure of GSC Game World - the company that developed STALKER - was changed in the state registers Then it turned out that it was also purchased by Max Crippa Learn about the most important news and events in Kyiv The footage was released by the head of regional police in Ukraine and shows emergency services arriving on the scene of the crash Ukraine's interior minister was amongst those who died Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player The reported attack comes just days before Russia's Victory Day parade and three-day "truce." MPs will be able to ask questions and learn more about the details of the agreement in meetings with Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko May 6-7 MP Serhii Sobolev told the news outlet Suspilne The ratification vote is scheduled for May 8 Attacks against the border villages of Bilopillia and Vorozhba damaged civilian infrastructure and triggered emergency evacuations the regional military administration reported "I look forward to working with President Erdogan on getting the ridiculous war between Russia and Ukraine ended — now!" U.S Putin's Victory Day truce "doesn't sound like much if you know where we started from," Trump told reporters at the White House on May 5 Far-right Euroskeptic candidate George Simion head of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan placed second with 20.99% of the vote and the candidate from the ruling coalition "It requires the continuation of contacts between Moscow and Washington which have been launched and are now ongoing," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said set to operate within the Council of Europe will focus on Russia's political and military leaders up to 20 Russian soldiers were killed and their equipment destroyed The move represents an apparent violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions passed in the wake of North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests "We are ready to deepen our contribution to the training of the Ukrainian military," Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on May 5 by Martin FornusekFirefighters work at the site of a deadly helicopter crash in Brovary (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)The State Bureau of Investigation completed its investigation into the Brovary helicopter crash in January that killed 15 people including Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky confirming the conclusions of an initial report in August The materials are open for review by involved parties and will be subsequently handed over to the court, the bureau said in a statement on Nov Foreign experts were also involved in the investigation including French manufacturers of the helicopter the investigators concluded that the helicopter flew in bad weather without a permit and without data on meteorological conditions Five officials of the State Emergency Service were arrested in August in connection to the deadly Jan 18 crash that damaged a local kindergarten as well as four women and a young child who were on the ground The head of the Emergency Service's Department of Aviation and Air Search and Rescue and the head of the flight safety service of a special aviation unit were charged with safety violations and negligence The Aviation and Air Search and Rescue department head and one of the suspects The suspects face prison terms of up to 10 years Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press He was also volunteering as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukraïner Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies A helicopter carrying Ukraine’s interior minister and other government officials crashed on Wednesday in a residential area near the capital of Kyiv killing him and about a dozen other people Ukraine’s interior minister and about a dozen other people died in a helicopter crash outside Kyiv Workers pass the scene where a helicopter crashed on civil infrastructure in Brovary The chief of Ukraine’s National Police says a helicopter crash in a Kyiv suburb has killed 16 people including Ukraine’s interior minister and two children He said nine of those killed were aboard the emergency services helicopter A dead body on the ground at the scene where a helicopter crashed on civil infrastructure in Brovary First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska reacts at the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland after the news of a helicopter crash in Ukraine where Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrsky died among others on Wednesday The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is taking place in Davos from Jan President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine is seen on a video screen holding a minute of silence with participants at the World Economic Forum in Davos for the victims of a helicopter crash in Ukraine A view of the scene where a helicopter crashed on civil infrastructure in Brovary Rescuers stand at the scene where a helicopter crashed on civil infrastructure in Brovary Dead bodies lay on the ground at the scene where a helicopter crashed on civil infrastructure in Brovary FILE - Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kyiv The chief of Ukraine’s National Police on Wednesday 2023 says a helicopter crash in a Kyiv suburb has killed 16 people A helicopter blade on the ground at the scene where a helicopter crashed on civil infrastructure in Brovary People look at remains of helicopter in a kindergarten at the scene where a helicopter crashed on civil infrastructure in Brovary An emergency worker stands in a kindergarten at the scene where a helicopter crashed on civil infrastructure in Brovary Dead bodies covered by blankets are seen in a kindergarten at the scene where a helicopter crashed on civil infrastructure in Brovary Rescuers work at the scene where a helicopter crashed on civil infrastructure in Brovary A crane lifts a part of helicopter at the scene where a helicopter crashed on civil infrastructure in Brovary The propeller of helicopter is seen near apartments at the scene where a helicopter crashed on civil infrastructure in Brovary A fragment of a helicopter that crashed at a kindergarten in Brovary The chief of Ukraine’s National Police says a helicopter crash in a Kyiv suburb has killed 14 people including Ukraine’s interior minister and his deputy and one children Municipal workers carry bodies of a helicopter crash victims from a kindergarten in Brovary Ukraine (AP) — A helicopter carrying Ukraine’s interior minister crashed into a kindergarten in a foggy residential suburb of Kyiv on Wednesday President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos by video link — said the crash had a broad connection to the war “This is not an accident because it has been due to war and the war has many dimensions not just on the battlefields,” he said after asking the Davos audience to join him in a standing minute of silence to honor those killed which was operating the French-manufactured Super Puma helicopter Early official reports gave differing numbers of casualties At the scene of the crash and ensuing fire plastic sheets covered at least four bodies Workers cleared charred and mangled wreckage lying against an apartment building and in the kindergarten’s playground Some walls were partly demolished and blackened The helicopter’s blackened rotors protruded from a destroyed car and rested on the roof of a building’s entrance Oleksii Kuleba told Ukrainian television that emergency services were still identifying remains and that the death toll could rise The crash killed five Interior Ministry officials one national police official and all three helicopter crew members Monastyrskyi’s deputy Yevhen Yenin and State Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yurii Lubkovych were among the dead was in charge of police and emergency services that dealt with the consequences of Russian strikes and de-mining political analyst Volodymyr Fesenko told The Associated Press Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said National Police Chief Ihor Klymenko has been appointed acting interior minister Senior Ukrainian officials routinely travel by helicopter at low altitudes and high speed during the conflict increasing the inherent dangers associated with the flights The tragedy may prompt Kyiv to institute a rule many countries and companies follow stating that top officials shouldn’t fly on the same aircraft The officials on the helicopter were due to visit Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region local police chief Volodymyr Tymoshko said adding on Facebook that they were “not just leaders,” but “friends who I respected.” The helicopter was sold to Ukraine before the war in 2019 speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to be identified The Security Service of Ukraine is investigating “all possible versions” of the crash prosecutor general Andriy Kostin said on Telegram The crash came at a particularly dark period in the war for Ukraine just days after the Russian strike on the apartment building in southeastern Ukraine killed 45 people including six children — the deadliest attack on civilians since the spring “The pain is unspeakable,” Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram “Another very sad day today — new losses,” said his wife dabbing teary eyes as she responded to the news at the economic conference in Davos where she was mustering support for Ukraine White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby called the crash “heartbreaking.” British Home Secretary Suella Braverman called Monastyrskyi “a leading light in supporting the Ukrainian people during (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s illegal invasion.” She said she was “struck by his determination who is facing pressure to send tanks to Ukraine tweeted that the crash “shows once again the huge price that Ukraine is having to pay in this war.” — Putin defended his invasion by offering a variation on arguments he has used previously He told a group of veterans that Moscow’s actions were intended to stop a “war” that has raged since 2014 in eastern Ukraine where Russia-backed separatists have battled Ukrainian forces “All what we are doing today as part of the special military operation is an attempt to stop this war This is the meaning of our operation — protecting people who live on those territories,” he said Ukraine and its Western allies have rejected Russia’s justifications arguments saying Kyiv posed no threat to Moscow and the invasion was unprovoked — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow’s goals in Ukraine are “determined by Russia’s core legitimate interests.” “There must be no military infrastructure in Ukraine that poses a direct threat to our country,” Lavrov said at his annual news conference He claimed the goal of Ukraine’s Western allies is to use the conflict to exhaust Russia — Fighting continued in eastern Ukraine around the city of Bakhmut and the nearby salt mining town of Soledar A total of 14 cities and villages were shelled in the partially occupied Donetsk region in the previous 24 hours It added that Russian forces also shelled residential areas of the southern city of Kherson Associated Press writers Andrew Meldrum in Kyiv Angela Charlton in Paris and Yuras Karmanau in Tallinn Russia's defense ministry said Sunday it struck a military plant outside Kyiv as Moscow intensifies its attacks on the Ukrainian capital air-launched missiles destroyed an ammunitions factory near the settlement of Brovary Kyiv region," the ministry said in a statement on Telegram The mayor of Brovary Igor Sapozhko said that "some infrastructure objects were hit" in the early hours of Sunday morning.  An AFP journalist in Brovary did not witness any signs of destruction Russia has carried out several attacks on military plants in and outside Kyiv Russia said it was withdrawing troops from northern Ukraine — including from around the capital — to focus on gaining control of the eastern Donbas region Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has designated The Moscow Times as an "undesirable" organization criminalizing our work and putting our staff at risk of prosecution This follows our earlier unjust labeling as a "foreign agent." These actions are direct attempts to silence independent journalism in Russia The authorities claim our work "discredits the decisions of the Russian leadership." We see things differently: we strive to provide accurate We, the journalists of The Moscow Times, refuse to be silenced. But to continue our work, we need your help please support us monthly starting from just $2 and every contribution makes a significant impact independent journalism in the face of repression a kindergarten teacher in the city of Brovary was getting ready for yet another joyful day of working with children she came to work early to prepare the classroom and greet her little students but "there was no sign of trouble." watching the kids getting ready for a physical exercise that they usually start the day with she heard a "terrible rumbling approaching "That took my breath away,” Laptinova says "Then I saw flames all over the window." "And then the blast hit," she went on "That red-hot flame… I still can't get it out of my head.” Injured, Laptinova managed to rescue all the children from the fire-engulfed room, soon finding out that a helicopter just crashed right near the kindergarten including one child and several parents of preschoolers turning what was supposed to be an ordinary day for the kindergarten into a nightmare The helicopter was carrying Interior Ministry's top officials including Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky and his first deputy Yevhen Yenin The Security Service investigation into the incident is considering several versions of what had caused the crash, including violation of flight security rules, technical malfunction of the helicopter, and intentional actions to destroy the vehicle. The authorities promised to share first findings in the near future Brovary resident Halyna Kelier and her five-year-old daughter Solomia were among those running late for kindergarten that morning as an unexpected power outage in their residence went in the way "We had to walk on foot from the 14th floor as the power went off in our apartment building," Kelier says Kelier says they were just about to exit the building when she heard a "loud terrifying sound," followed by some "bright yellow flash." She did not realize what had happened at first and heard some neighbors say it might have been a Russian drone attack she saw a woman running from the kindergarten with her child barefoot "She said a helicopter crashed into the kindergarten," Kelier recalls Kelier instantly brought her daughter back home and ran to the site of the explosion together with her husband "We could barely see anything as the smoke was so acrid," she says The biggest part of what was left from the helicopter fell near the entrance of a residential building standing right in front of the kindergarten Chunks of metal hanging from the facade had destroyed a car parked outside The kindergarten was severely damaged as well Laptinova says that an "unusually small number of children" gathered in her classroom that morning: Many were running late and others got sick or just decided to skip kindergarten "I was surprised that only nine children were in my group at that time," Laptinova says adding that she expected nearly 17 children to show up on that day their dance teacher planned to hold a joint class for four groups (about 60 children) in the big hall of the kindergarten's top second floor the choreographer was about 10 minutes late for the class so the kids were waiting for her in the playroom "That hall was destroyed completely," Kelier says "There could have been many more victims." None of the nine children from her daughter's group were severely injured or hospitalized by the crash That was thanks to the bravery of their teacher Laptinova Thick black smoke filled the room shortly after the explosion "I could not see the kids," she says "I started screaming at the top of my lungs she saw a bunch of kids gathering near her but she could not count them because of the smoke She took the kids to the balcony where the fire escape was and returned to the room to see if any children were left Laptinova crawled on her knees to be able to see through the smoke but didn’t find anyone and breathing was becoming harder and harder," she recalls As she brought the children down by the fire escape asking locals who had already gathered at the site to come and check the room one more time Someone volunteered to do that and soon brought back the good news: No kids from Laptinova’s group were left behind as blood was pouring down her face – a shard of glass had hit her right near the eye "I asked everyone who was there to give their jackets to children because they were freezing," Laptinova recalls "I was also worried about the children who were just on their way to the kindergarten and were outside when the helicopter crashed," she says Laptinova remembered that the mother of Mykyta had left the room seconds before the crash occurred She could not see her in the crowd outside As Laptinova was hospitalized later in the day It would later turn out that the crash killed Hranovska Among those killed was also a local resident Olena Ponomarenko and her youngest daughter Kelier says she knew both Ponomarenko and Hranovska Their severely burnt bodies were found under the rubble "They were identified by little things," Kelier says Hranovska was identified by the chain on her neck and Ponomarenko’s husband recognized his wife’s clothes Ponomarenko is survived by her husband and another daughter Little Milana was the only child killed in the deadly crash Laptinova recalls minutes before the tragedy as she gazed at Hranovska saying goodbye to her son Mykyta and said: 'I love you,'" Laptinova says and went to the exit," Laptinova continues "Then she turned around and said: 'Until noon.’” "I can still see that when I close my eyes ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hi! Daria Shulzhenko here. I wrote this piece for you. Ever since the first day of Russia's all-out war, I have been working almost non-stop to tell the stories of those affected by Russia’s brutal aggression. By telling all those painful stories, we are helping to keep the world informed about the reality of Russia’s war against Ukraine. By becoming the Kyiv Independent's patron you can help us continue telling the world the truth about this war Daria Shulzhenko is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent She has been a lifestyle reporter at the Kyiv Post until November 2021 She graduated from Kyiv International University with a bachelor’s in linguistics specializing in translation from English and German languages She has previously worked as a freelance writer and researcher The Ukrainian military hit a convoy of Russian tanks in the northern Brovary city according to the Ukrainian intelligence on Thursday the Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine Defense Ministry claimed that the regiment commander was killed as Russian tanks moving in Brovary region were targeted The directorate also shared footage of the attack on the convoy and spurred an exodus of global companies from Russia At least 516 civilians have been killed and 908 others injured in Ukraine so far More than 2.1 million people have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries Ukraine (AP) — A helicopter carrying Ukraine's interior minister crashed into a kindergarten in a foggy residential suburb of Kyiv on Wednesday This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Chattanooga Times Free Press Material from the Associated Press is Copyright © 2025 audio and/or video material shall not be published rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use The AP will not be held liable for any delays errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing Accused men planned and carried out a series of assaults over a single day during the occupation of a Brovary district village This week’s overview of key events and links to essential reading Former investigator highlights key lessons that can be garnered from the 17 years of the tribunal’s existence Two Russian soldiers have been indicted for a campaign of sexual violence in the Kyiv region in March 2022 which involved 12 victims including a pregnant woman and two minors The Brovary Court of the Kyiv region began the preparatory stage in the case of Yevgeny Chornoknizhny and Vadim Shakhmatov the investigation does not say where exactly the crimes were committed It is known that it concerns people in a settlement in the Baryshiv territorial community of the Brovary district of Kyiv region was controlled by the Russian military from February 28 to March 30 The investigation noted that among the forces present were servicemen of the 15th Separate Guards Motorised Rifle Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from military unit No which is stationed in the Samara region.  30-year-old Shakhmatov and 27-year-old Chornoknizhny were senior snipers of the rifle company of this brigade the accused went to houses of local civilians checked who lived in them and demanded alcohol and cigarettes Then Shakhmatov and Chornoknizhny identified some addresses where young women lived The series of sexual offences took place on March 13 from approximately 11:30 am to 4 pm Shakhmatov and Chornoknizhny were drunk and had identified half-a-dozen households that they allegedly planned to target  The names and exact ages of the victims were not included in the investigation.  The men first broke into the home of a couple with a young child They forced the woman to go into the kitchen where they took turns raping her while the other guarded the husband with a machine gun Shakhmatov forced him to watch his wife being raped This incident was estimated to have lasted 30 minutes Then Shakhmatov went to the room where the couple’s young daughter was. Although the investigation did not give her age, according to the official press service of the prosecutor's office the girl was four years old Shakhmatov carried out a series of sexual assaults on the young girl while Chornoknizhny held the girl's parents at gunpoint in the kitchen Shakhmatov tried to rape the owner's wife once again but according to the pre-trial investigation materials he "did not carry out his intention for reasons beyond his control” the defendants then went to a house where another two families lived They intimidated the elderly owner of the house firing a machine gun several times into the air and holding the weapon to his head Shakhmatov and Chornoknizhny took turns raping a pregnant woman and a girl who were also in the house Their next target was another home where a man was working in the front yard Chornoknizhny pointed his machine gun at him then fired around a dozen shots in the air.  Shakhmatov meanwhile entered the house and ordered the woman who lived there to go with him from the kitchen into another room the woman seized a household knife and said that if Shakhmatov tried to approach her Apparently due to this unexpected resistance the accused men broke into another house where several villagers were hiding in the basement from shelling The defendants intimidated the elderly women and ordered the men to lie face down on the floor.  They ordered one woman and her minor daughter to go to separate rooms both accused returned to the house where they had previously raped a pregnant woman and a minor they forced these women to go with them to a neighbouring house Shakhmatov and Chornoknizhny were declared wanted and in March of this year they were informed in absentia about the suspicion against them On August 9, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv gave permission for a special pre-trial investigation The accused face eight to 12 years in prison if convicted In April last year, Russian media reported the death during combat of a sniper named Yevgeny Chornoknizhny born in the village of Chebotaryovo in the Orenburg region of the Russian Federation - the same details as one of the accused in this case.  The court materials from the pre-trial investigation do not mention this potential development only reporting that the accused man was redeployed from the Kyiv oblast to the occupied Donetsk region Given the specifics and sensitivity of the case the prosecution will ask for the case to be heard in closed session Lawyers from the Free Legal Aid Centre were appointed for the defendants and as required under Ukrainian law The hearing in the case is scheduled for October 24 235 cases of conflict-related sexual violence have already been recorded in Ukraine Journalists need training and support to properly cover war crimes trials Activists warn that vulnerable domestic workers risk abuse often returning with serious health conditions sacrifice and luck secured a vital early win in the south-eastern campaign Some women face Adana's male-dominated traffic chaos for a living Recent murder highlights widespread discrimination and violence against LGBTI people Open source intelligence (OSINT) can provide facts – but impatient Tel +44 (0)20 7831 1030 Tel +1 202 393 5641 IWPR is registered as a charity in the United Kingdom (charity reg no: 2744185); in the United States as a not-for-profit organisation with tax-exempt status under IRS section 501(c)(3); and as a charitable foundation in The Netherlands The opinions expressed on iwpr.net are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Institute for War & Peace Reporting Site design by IWPR. Developed by AG Prime ROCKFORD — Prayers were raised across the city Monday for the people of Ukraine. Dozens of people gathered a prayer vigil Monday evening at Christ the Savior Orthodox Church in Rockford. The church was founded by Ukrainian-Belarusian-Polish immigrants in the 1950s-60s calling it "humanity fighting humanity." He also told the crowd to "never underestimate the power of prayer."  offered prayers for Rockford's sister city in Ukraine "Lord there are families being disrupted," Beach prayed. "Young people children being killed. People are hiding in shelters and being chased from their homes, borders being locked that they cant come in or out we bring them to you tonight and ask you to give protection." More: As fate of Ukraine hangs in balance, we have a choice to make Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara said he sent an email to the mayor's office in Brovary last week saying that Rockford stands with the people of Ukraine McNamara is unsure if the message was received "I just wanted them to know Rockford has been thinking about them and praying for them and that we stand with Ukraine," McNamara said Jeff Kolkey: (815) 987-1374; jkolkey@rrstar.com; @jeffkolkey; Chris Green: cgreen@rrstar.com; @chrisfgreen This was stated on the air of the telethon by Acting Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko "We are awaiting the results of technical examinations We seek to receive the results of these examinations as soon as possible and a joint group of investigators is working and the Prosecutor General's Office will inform the public of the first results," he said "When the flight recorders are deciphered we will be able to say more concretely what happened on board or beyond it," added Klymenko He also said that the Airbus manufacturing company had joined the investigation a group of Ukrainian experts went traveled to France where they worked on deciphering the flight recorders the investigation will last up to two months He also noted that after the plane crash in Brovary the ministry’s security system was revised: "We have prohibited the movement of top leadership on helicopters – only by road transport until we t know for sure why that helicopter went down." in Brovary a helicopter belonging to the State Emergency Service carrying nine people on board including Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrskyi and State Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yuriy Lubkovych crashed near a kindergarten and a residential building According to the latest data from the State Emergency Service including that of a child and 10 people who were on board As a result of a helicopter crash in Brovary the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs died a State Emergency Service helicopter crashed in Brovary the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs died: the minister the first deputy minister and the state secretary," said the head of the National Police He specified that 9 of the dead were on board the helicopter due to a helicopter crash of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine EU-225 (tail number 54) windows were broken in a 14-storey residential building and 3 cars the fire in the building was localized in an area of ​​500 square meters All relevant and specialized services are working on the spot The site of the incident is being examined," reports the head of the Kyiv Regional Administration Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky was on board was performing the tasks of the State Emergency Service this happened to the State Emergency Service helicopter There are a certain number of such helicopters in Ukraine now performing tasks for the country's defense," Ignat noted that details should be expected from the State Emergency Service It is too early to talk about the causes of the plane crash in Brovary which will include various aviation specialists because the investigation of the crash takes some time," he stressed a state commission will most likely be created which will include various aviation specialists: "They are investigating the causes of what happened and what factors influenced the helicopter crashed." Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information Security personnel attend the scene of a helicopter crash in Brovary Photographer: Sergei Supinsky/Getty Images 2023 at 11:22 PM ESTBookmarkSaveLock This article is for subscribers only.The Biden administration is planning to send Stryker armored vehicles in its next package of military aid to Ukraine adding another new and more powerful weapons system that it had previously withheld Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky and his deputy were among at least 14 people who died in a helicopter crash in the town of Brovary They are the highest-ranking Ukrainian officials to have lost their lives since Russia’s war began in February Armoured vehicles in built-up area about 22 miles from central Kyiv come under repeated attack Drone footage has emerged of a Ukrainian ambush on a Russian armoured column just outside Brovary The specialist open source investigator Bellingcat said it had geolocated the video, to a lightly inhabited area on the E95 road about 22 miles (35km) from the centre of Kyiv a direct route to the east of the capital where Russian forces have been trying to mass which was released by Ukraine’s armed forces is a montage of the fighting on the road and shows a company or more of Russian tanks and armoured vehicles coming under repeated attack Its production quality means the fighting filmed may not have taken place on Thursday It is overlaid with an audio of what appears to be a Russian officer reporting an attack to his superiors This is presented as an effective commentary on the fighting shown It also said the regiment’s commander was killed named by Ukrainian media as Col Andrei Zakharov although this could not be independently confirmed “Sixth regiment lost,” the officer tells headquarters Several military experts described the video as credible and said it showed surprising tactics on the part of the Russian forces with more than 20 tanks and other armoured vehicles on a main road fairly close to the capital a former tank commander with the British army and a land warfare specialist with the International Institute for Strategic Studies said: “They either think they are going through a safe area or they were not well trained or they are moving fast for some other requirement.” Tanks moving through a built-up area should normally use close infantry support to prevent ambushes from the side of the road he said he thought the Russian armour was probably targeted with artillery or mortar fire because the nature of the blasts the Russian apparently reporting the ambush speculates that they may been targeted by Turkish Bayraktar drones but parts of the video show poor conditions and low cloud cover not considered ideal for drone attacks Parts of the footage also show a TOS-1 heavy flamethrower At one point during the fighting it unleashes an incendiary rocket at a target apparently off screen a demonstration of Russian willingness to use thermobaric weapons during combat Another expert on the Russian military who reviewed the video, Rob Lee, a former US marine and PhD student at King’s College London, said he thought this displayed “very poor tactics” on the part of the Russians with a force clearly positioned “on an obvious avenue of approach” Russia has taken heavier than expected losses during the invasion Ukraine has sought to make a public relations play of Ukrainian successes releasing film of destroyed Russian tanks or enemy armour being towed by tractors which is tracking losses using photo or video evidence Oryx says for Russian armoured fighting vehicles Ukraine has lost 47 tanks and 39 fighting vehicles from its smaller force An assessment by the US earlier this week suggested 5,000 to 6,000 Russian troops had been killed and 2,000 to 4,000 Ukrainian troops Another US assessment estimated that both sides had lost 8% to 10% of the military assets that they had committed to the fighting Kyiv Oblast —The smell of smoke was still in the air in Brovary hours after a helicopter crashed on a local kindergarten on the morning of Jan First responders and law enforcement were bustling around the charred building where just recently preschoolers were flocking to start a regular day some painted with the Ukrainian military vehicle pixel camouflage were scattered everywhere on the muddy playground As first responders were clearing out the debris a group of volunteers was helping survivors and grieving relatives in the nearby school which was quickly transformed into a shelter He was in too much pain to talk to journalists The man is reportedly local resident Oleksandr Ponomarenko. A woman who said she was an acquaintance of his family, wrote on Instagram that Ponomarenko lost a daughter and a wife due to the crash The incident killed 14 people The victims include all nine people that were aboard the helicopter the ministry’s top leadership and other employees The crash also injured 25 people the State Emergency Service reported at around 4 p.m. after the search and rescue operations were completed Brovary is a city with a pre-war population of over 100,000 people Most local residents appeared to be in a state of shock after the crash a resident of the apartment building standing in front of the kindergarten says she wasn’t scared until she realized what had happened “We heard a really loud sound and then saw that the helicopter fell and everything was in smoke,” she told the Kyiv Independent Herasina started to help others by sheltering some evacuated children at her home I took more than 10 children to my flat because they didn’t have any coats and some teachers brought them (children),” Herasina said The biggest part of what was left from the helicopter was covering the entrance of a residential building in front of the kindergarten while chunks of metal hanging from the facade had destroyed a car parked outside The entrance of the apartment building is where dozens of law enforcement officers flocked to document the aftermath of the tragedy and take testimonies from locals there was a lot of smoke and lots of people,” Pryschepko told the Kyiv Independent maybe something happened to the pilot,” Pryschepko said said that it was too early to determine the cause of the crash adding that the incident has to be investigated the crashed helicopter was an AS.332 Super Puma model provided by France It’s still unclear if the helicopter had a black box and if it was collected by law enforcement The group aboard the helicopter was heading to a “hot spot” of Russia’s war deputy head of the President's Office “The pain is unspeakable,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Jan adding he had instructed authorities to find out about the circumstances of the crash Later in the day, Zelensky told the World Economic Forum in Davos that ”it was not an accident” because war “had many dimensions not only on the battlefield,” and the crash had been caused by war Tymoshenko said that some of the hospitalized victims were on life support “One person working in the kindergarten got bad burns,” Pryschepko said adding that none of his friends had been wounded in the crash Surviving children had been evacuated from the building quickly after the crash as emergency services continued to search for anyone remaining trapped under the rubble The first responders were assisted by rescue dogs and a massive bulldozer grabbing black concrete slabs from the kindergarten roof Search and rescue operations were completed by 3:45 p.m children were playing around young parents in an eerie contrast with the crash site only a few meters away a funeral service truck was waiting near a gray residential building a stretcher holding a black body bag emerged from the site soon to be swallowed by the truck parked nearby waiting for another body to be brought to the morgue locals started to mass near the red and white ribbons isolating the scene and setting up improvised altars for the victims Alexander Query is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent He is the former business editor at the Kyiv Post He worked as a TV correspondent and an anchorman at UATV in Ukraine and received a BA in modern literature from La Sorbonne The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported who else died in the helicopter crash in Kyiv along with the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs The authorities have named the names of the crew and passengers who died in the crash of a helicopter in Brovary The information was disclosed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs press service in addition to the Minister of Internal Affairs Denis Monastirsky Deputy Head of the Patronage Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Tatyana Shutyak Head of the Protection Department of the Internal Security Department of the National Police Lieutenant Colonel Mykhailo Pavlushko Lead Inspector of the Communications Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Nikolay Anatsky died the entire crew of the helicopter died: the aircraft commander - instructor of the special-purpose aviation squadron in helicopters Alexander Vasilenko the pilot of the special-purpose aviation squadron in helicopters Konstantin Kovalenko as well as the on-board mechanic of the special-purpose aviation squadron in helicopters warrant officer of the Civil Protection Service Ivan Kasyanov a helicopter crashed on the territory of a kindergarten in Brovary near Kyiv It soon became clear that Minister Denys Monastyrsky his deputy Yevgen Yenin and State Secretary Yury Lubkovich were on board