During the plenary session in Strasbourg, Roberta METSOLA, EP President, announces the crash of a helicopter in Ukraine, killing eighteen people, including Ukraine's interior affair minister, Denys Monastyrsky. His first deputy minister and the state secretary also died.

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Announcement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, of the crash of the helicopter killing Ukrainian Ministers

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SOUNDBITE (English), Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, <p>Dear colleagues, we have just been informed that the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, under leadership of his ministry, has been killed in a helicopter crash near Kiev. We are informed that an investigation is underway to establish the cause. And I think I speak on all our behalf when I say that our thoughts and those of this House are with all the brave people of Ukraine, with the families and loved ones of Minister Monastyrsky and First Deputy Ienine, and with all those tragically killed, allegedly also children. We mourn with them today and we will remain by their side. </p>