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A helicopter crash has dealt a heavy blow to Ukraine’s government

The country loses its interior minister and much of his top staff

BROVARY, UKRAINE - JANUARY 18: Firemen roll up hoses in front of debris as emergency service workers respond at the site of a helicopter crash on January 18, 2023 in Brovary, Ukraine. Eighteen people have been killed, including Ukraine's interior affairs minister Denys Monastyrsky along with eight other helicopter passengers, after they crashed near a nursery in a Kyiv suburb. (Photo by Ed Ram/Getty Images)
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