President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky believes that Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, First Deputy Yevgeny Yenin and their colleagues, who died as a result of a plane crash in Brovary on January 18, are not so easy to replace. The head of state called the death of the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs a great loss for Ukraine in an evening address.

" Minister Denis Monastyrsky, Yevgeny Yenin, their colleagues who died in the disaster are not people who can be easily replaced. Really big loss for the state. My condolences to the family,"

He clarified that on Wednesday, the authorities not only appointed the head of the National Police, Igor Klymenko, as acting minister of the interior, but also distributed the tasks for which the deceased Monastyrsky was responsible in matters of war and ensuring the country's security.

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Zelensky recalled that he instructed the head of the Security Service of Ukraine, along with other authorized bodies, to establish all the circumstances of the helicopter crash in Brovary. According to him, the SBU has already started criminal proceedings on the incident..

The head of state assured that as soon as it was possible to find out the exact causes of the tragedy, the authorities would provide this information to the population.

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“Now I want to separately thank the teachers of the kindergarten, on the territory of which this helicopter crashed. Ruslana, Elena, Tamara, Ekaterina and all the kindergarten workers - I thank you! Thank you for clear actions, for taking the children out. Thanks also to ordinary residents and residents of Brovary, in particular Diana, Nadezhda and others who helped both children and the wounded. Thanks to Gleb, Andriy - the guys who also did not lose their heads and helped,"

Recall that, according to the latest data, as a result of a helicopter crash in Brovary, 14 people died, including one child.. In addition, Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky, his first deputy Yevgeny Yenin, and Secretary of State Yury Lubkovich were among the dead - their plane was heading to one of the "