Denys Monastyrsky was a Ukrainian lawyer and politician who served as Ukraine’s Minister of Internal Affairs from 16 July 2021 to his death on 18 January 2023.
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Denys Monastyrsky died Wednesday, 18 January 2023, in a helicopter crash near the capital that killed at least 14 people, including other officials and three children, authorities said.
Denys Monastyrskyi, the Interior Minister who oversaw Ukraine’s police and emergency services, is the highest-ranking official to have died since Russia invaded nearly 11 months ago.
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His death, along with two others from his ministry, was the second disaster to strike Ukraine in four days, following a Russian missile strike on an apartment building that killed dozens of civilians.
There was no word on whether the crash, which occurred near a kindergarten, was an accident or related to the war. There has been no recent fighting in the Kyiv area.
Zelenskyy extended his condolences to the families and friends of those who were lost, calling Monastyrsky and other officials who were aboard the helicopter true patriots of Ukraine.
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