The helicopter of the State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations, on board which was the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, crashed near a kindergarten in Brovary. At that moment, the child’s father was taking his daughter to this kindergarten.
The child received burns on 30% of his body, with the most damage to his face and back. According to the girl’s mother, Ekaterina, she lost consciousness as soon as she saw her injured daughter.
“The burns were everywhere. And now the doctors have already restored the symmetry of the daughter’s face, closed the wounds on the body. And thanks to polishing, the scars are becoming smaller and lighter,” said Ekaterina.
She was first treated in Brovary and Kyiv, then transported to Lvov to prepare for treatment abroad. In Austria, she underwent dozens of operations to cleanse wounds and skin grafts, and a year later, treatment continued in the United States with the support of the Christian Medical Association of Ukraine Foundation. Anya is currently taking part in the Burn Care Alliance project, which is introducing innovative methods of treating Ukrainian patients with burns.
In Lvov, the girl has already undergone three procedures for resurfacing post-burn scars using a CO2 laser, and a number of laser resurfacing procedures and plastic surgeries await her in the USA, the medical association added.
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There were 10 people on board the crashed helicopter, including Minister of Internal Affairs Denis Monastyrsky, his first deputy Evgeny Enin, and Secretary of State of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yuri Lubkovich. They all died.
Four more people (three women and a child) died on the ground as a result of the helicopter crash. 25 people, including 11 children, received injuries of varying severity.
In November 2023, the State Bureau of Investigation completed the investigation into the crash. According to investigators, The crew commander was not informed about the weather conditions along the entire route, in particular, about the extremely unfavorable conditions over Brovary. Due to bad weather, the pilot was flying at an extremely low altitude, tried to fly around a multi-story building, but lost orientation in space and fell. The pre-trial investigation contains 163 volumes.
