War in Ukraine. Who was the Minister of Internal Affairs Denis Monastirsky who died in a helicopter accident?

The 42-year-old Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Denis Monastyrskyi, died on Wednesday, January 18, in a helicopter crash in Brovary, a city of 100,000 inhabitants, east of Kyiv. He was going to the front with his deputy Yevhen Yenin and secretary of the ministry Yuri Lubkovich, the presidency informed. According to the National Police, there will be “18 victims, including two children. The interior minister has been in office since July 16, 2021. In addition to 160,000 police officers, the National Guard of Ukraine has also been under his command, numbering around 90,000 since the outbreak of martial law.

Born in Khmelnytskyi, in the west of the country, he was a doctor of law and then became a lawyer. Hillmont Partners, Global Ties KCthen Legal Consulting LLC. From 2014 to 2019, he worked alongside Anton Herashchenko, who was then a deputy in the Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. The latter, who was the subject of an assassination attempt by separatist killers, advised the Minister of Internal Affairs, who was succeeded by Monastirsky, Arsen Avakov. He was married, the father of two sons. In 2019, Denis Monastirsky was presented by the media as an expert of candidate Zelensky’s team. After the victory of the party serving the people, a deputy was elected and a bill was introduced, which will be formed lobbying in Ukraine.

According to our correspondent, Clara Marchaud, the helicopter was “Emergency service vehicle of Ukraine (firemen, deminers, civil defense…). The agency depends on Denis Monastirski’s Ministry of Internal Affairs.” “For context, officials often travel by helicopter. Since the beginning of the invasion, they have had to fly very low to avoid being spotted or hit by Russian missiles. In April, a plane crashed near Zaporozhye“.