There were nine people on board the helicopter that crashed in Brovary, spokeswoman for the National Police Maryana Reva said.. She stressed that it is too early to talk about the causes of the crash..

" There were nine people on board.. Among them are Minister of Internal Affairs Denis Monastyrsky, First Deputy Yevgeny Yenin, as well as State Secretary of the Ministry… Investigative and operational groups are working on the spot… Now it’s too early to talk about some reasons and put forward certain versions,” said the representative of the National Police Maryana Reva.

In turn, the speaker of the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ignat, explained that there are several things that can cause a plane crash.. However, the reasons should be investigated.

" It won't be 1-2 days because it takes some time to investigate the plane crash. I think a state commission will be created, which will include various aviation specialists. They are investigating the causes of what happened and what factors influenced the fact that the helicopter crashed,” Ignat said on the air of the telethon..

He explained that it is necessary to study all the information:

in particular, the radio exchange and the technical condition of the helicopter. According to Ignat, this process will take at least a few weeks, because the technical study takes some time..

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On the morning of January 18, a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten in the city of Brovary, Kyiv region.. A fire broke out on the spot. To date, 18 people are known to have died, three of them are children.. Another 29 people were injured. Among them, 15 are children.