well, i sympathize with you because denys monastyrsky, he was also your colleague on the committee.ofile committee in the verkhovna rada. that's how you would assess the role of the ministry during the war and in the defense of the state . how did you see this whole story, they wrote today that the death of the minister strikes at the very heart of the government because the ministry of internal affairs itself is of vital importance to maintain security during war do you agree with this thesis i absolutely agree, i want to point out that this is a huge loss not only for ukraine and the ministry of internal affairs is a huge even i will tell you an honest international tragedy. i am in davos today at the forum, i can tell you that every speech starting from mr. shultz and ending with the speeches of our president, president duda , they talked about the tragedy that happened in ukraine today because let's talk about the fact that when the war started, the national guard became one alongside the armed forces alone, that is, defended and defends our country now, and it was the ministry

interior minister denys monastyrsky died with his deputy and the department's state secretary, alongy, a suburb of the capital. the crash set fire to a children's nursery. at least 1a people died, including one child. 0ur ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, sent this report from the scene, and a warning — you may find some of his report distressing. even with the backdrop of war, it's been one of ukraine's bleakest days. in the mist of the morning, a helicopter came down next to a children's nursery. translation: blood and clothes, and mothers were running. - from the moment the helicopter finally stopped, the answers slowly came. all nine people on board were killed. so too were those caught in its path. translation: i heard a loud sound, turned and saw- an explosion of flames. i wasn't thinking about what i saw. we soon learned a child was among the dead. then, news that it was senior government officials on a journey east towards the front line. they included this man, ukraine's interior minister denys monastyrsky — a strong ally of president zelensky. they were together yest

they included ukraine's interior minister, denys monastyrsky, a strong ally of president zelensky theye together yesterday. he also handed medals to ukraine's national guard and said the war was taking lives, health, strength and nerves. you can see where the journey went wrong. denys monastyrsky was traveling eastward t the front line before his helicopter came down into the heart of this nursery. rescue teams are still going through the rubble. there are body bags in the playground. he would often make journeys like this at low altitude, which comes with risks. we went along on one last year. you cannot go higher than the tree line to be targeted. speaking to world leaders today president zelenskyy addressed what happens. >> today ukraine lost loved ones today. losing daily. reporter: as for the obvious question, it is not known. in times of war people suspect the enemy. these are dangerous times to be a ukrainian. laura: the ukrainian president has used an address to the world economic forum in dallas to urge allies to send more weapons before russia launches new offenses. stoltenbe

. >> let's take a closer look at who denys monastyrsky was.minent figure in president volodymyr zelekyy's government. a familiar face to many, delivering updates to the country. tributes have been pouring in from his friends and colleagues. the ukrainian foreign minister called it a huge loss. a ukrainian mp spoke to the bbc. >> president zelensky was close to him from day one of his campaigning. for every ukrainian, he was a bright person, very energetic. i have no words. i am trying to keep calm but this is very hard. this is a tragedy for everyone. >> let's talk to the mayor of kyiv. >> he would do a lot of things, police reform in ukraine. >> plenty of reaction to bring you internationally,s well. we have heard from the u.s. president joe biden. he has called the crash a heartbreaking tragedy. this is the french president, emmanuel macron. france offers its condolences. ourorrespondent was at the scene earlier today. i spoke to him about what he saw. >> it was a scene of devastation in what has been a particularly bruising few days with uk

let's take a closer look at who denys monastyrsky was.inent figure in president volodmyr zelensky�*s government, taking office injuly 2021. and he was a familiar face to many, delivering regular updates to the public after russian missile strikes across the country. tributes have been pouring in from his friends and colleagues. the ukrainian foreign minister called it "a huge loss for all of us." and this is a ukrainian mp who knew him speaking to the bbc. he was very close to president zelensky, being next to him from day one of his campaigning, and this is definitely a big human loss for our team, for the team of president zelensky and for every ukrainian, because he was a great person. very energetic, very patriotic, as i've said. i mean, i have no words. i'm trying to keep calm, but this is very hard. this is very hard because this is a tragedy for everyone. let's get the thoughts now of the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko. very patriotic guy. did a lot of things for ukraine, i made police reform in ukraine, and it's actually... ..a b

internal affairs, well , brother, it is still impossible, and one more interesting fact about denys monastyrskyin an interview with the washington post at this time, he said what exactly on the night of february 24, he told volodymyr zelensky that a full-scale aggression had begun, that russian troops were coming en masse to the ukrainian border, if we are talking about yevgeny yenin, then he was a figure of a completely different nature, actually ensures the existence of the functioning of the state as such in 2002 yevhen yenin graduated from the academy of sp who eventually worked in the special service, then he devoted 10 years to a diplomatic career, and then in 2016 he became the deputy prosecutor general and as a former diplomat, he was responsible for the international cooperation of the prosecutor general's office after his dismissal from the prosecutor general's office yevhen worked at all in the structure of the ministry of foreign affairs, he was a deputy minister, and shortly after the appointment of denys monastyrskyi, he joined his team. it is clear that the new head of the minist

denys monastyrsky was travelling eastwards to the front line before his helicopter came down into the rubble. there are body bags in the playground. and he would often makejourneys like this at low altitude, which of course comes with its own risks. we went along on one last year. you can't go much higher than the tree line to avoid being targeted. speaking to world leaders today, president zelensky addressed what happened. 14 ukrainian families lost their loved ones today, and many more families are losing daily. as for the obvious question, the cause is not known. in times of war, many suspect the enemy. these are dangerous times to be a ukrainian. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv region. strike action is taking place in france too — it has just been announced that ferry services to and from calais will be suspended for nine hours, from 7am tomorrow, due to national walk outs across the channel. the port of dover will remain open, with dunkerque services running as normal, but travellers are being urged to allow extra time for all journeys. eurostar services will also be affected. a

denys monastyrsky was travelling eastwards to the front line before his helicopter came down into theursery. rescue teams are still going through the rubble. there are body bags in the playground. and he would often makejourneys like this at low altitude, which of course comes with its own risks. we went along on one last year. you can't go much higher than the tree line to avoid being targeted. speaking to world leaders today, president zelensky addressed what happened. 14 ukrainian families lost their loved ones today, and many more families are losing daily. as for the obvious question, the cause is not known. an analysis of images of the crash site by the bbc has a revealed any missile debris. the ukrainian officials made no mention of the missile fire. in times of war, many suspect the enemy. these are dangerous times to be a ukrainian. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv region. for more on this, let's speak to former us ambassador to ukraine and senior director of the atlantic council's eurasia centre, ambassadorjohn herbst. it's great to get you on the programme, ambassador, and

denys monastyrsky was travelling eastwards to the front line, before his helicopter came down into thele. there are body bags in the playground. and he would often makejourneys like this at low altitude, which of course comes with its own risks. you can't go much higher than the tree line to avoid being targeted. as for the obvious question, the cause is not known. in times of war, many suspect the enemy. these are dangerous times to be a ukrainian. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv region. the environment agency has declared a major incident in somerset because of risk of flooding, saying that it is "prudent to plan for the worst". pumping began yesterday to clear water off the somerset levels with authorities keen to avoid a repeat of the 2014 floods that devastated the area. our west of england correspondent danjohnson is at northmoor green in somerset. this is one of the pumping stations at the centre of this serious effort to try and clear some of the floodwater before it gets into people's homes and they know here how devastating that can be because they've suffered so badly in th

denys monastyrsky was travelling eastwards to the front line before his helicopter came down into the still going through the rubble. there are body bags in the playground. and he would often make journeys like this at low altitude — which, of course, comes with its own risks. we went along on one last year. you can't go much higher than the tree line to avoid being targeted. speaking to world leaders today, president zelensky addressed what happened. 14 of ukrainian families lost their loved ones today and many more families are losing daily. as for the obvious question, the cause is not known. an analysis of images of the crash site by the bbc hasn't revealed any evidence of missile debris, and ukrainian officials have made no mention of any missile fire. in times of war, many suspect the enemy. these are dangerous times to be a ukrainian. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv region. a state of emergency is in place in the peruvian capital, lima, where thousands of anti—government protesters are taking part in demonstrations. they are calling for the resignation of president dina boluar

among those killed, interior minister denys monastyrsky, his top deputy and ukraine's state secretaryen off from kyiv en route to the kharkiv region. president zelenskyy asked for a moment of silence as he addressed davos. he says ultimately russia is to blame for this tragedy. >> translator: this is not an accident. this is war. and war is not only going on on the battlefield. there are different directions of war. there are no normal accidents. this is a result of the war. >>> the mayor of where it happened has declared three days of mourning for the victims. clarissa ward reports from the site of the crash. >> reporter: a quiet kyiv suburb turned into an inferno. the sounds of screaming can be heard. minutes after a helicopter crashed outside an apartment building just steps away from a kindergarten. on board, the leadership of ukraine's interior ministry, including the minister himself, denys monastyrsky, and his deputy yenin. the chopper was bound for the city of kharkiv when it lost control, smashing into the kindergarten as it descended. one child was killed. rescue services wo

officials in ukraine have told the bbc that the country's interior minister denys monastyrsky and hiseast 18 people who've been killed in a helicopter crash in a suburb of kyiv. there were nine people — including mr monastyrsky — aboard the helicopter. some of those killed were on the ground. the regional governor said the aircraft came down near a kindergarten in the town of brovary, when children and staff were inside the building. at least three of the dead are children. 29 people have been injured. an officialfor the an official for the ukrainian president said denys monastyrskyy was travelling to a war zone, to the front line, when his helicopter crashed. our kyiv correspondentjames waterhouse gave us this update from the scene earlier. it's a picture of devastation, to be honest with you. over my shoulder there is a country garden where there is a country garden where there is a country garden where there is smoke coming out of the roof, and further towards us, there is a residential plot, and there is the rotary part of the helicopter, which is stuck in the reef. there are thre

helicopter crash in ukraine killed at least 14 people, including the ukrainian interior minister, denys monastyrskythe helicopter carried the minister and other officials and went down outside the capital key. official site it hit a kindergarten and apartment building as it fell -- official say it hit a kindergarten and apartment building as it fell. children are among the dead. >> emergency services were quick to the scene. it is not clear what caused the helicopter to fall from the sky. translator: what me know at present is the helicopter fell between the kindergarten and a residential building. on board the helicopter, operated by the state emergency service, were nine people. among them, the leadership of the interior ministry. >> the interior minister, as well as his deputy and other officials, are among the dead. they were believed to be on their way to the front line when the helicopter came down in foggy conditions. one eyewitness said the pilot seemed to try to avoid buildings as the helicopter came down. translator: i think that he chose the smallest target because there was a two story

on board, the leadership of ukraine's interior ministry including the minister himself, denis monastyrskyhen yenin. the chopper was bound for the city of kharkiv when it lost control smashing into the kindergarten as it descended. one child was killed. rescue services worked to clear the smoldering wreckage and search for survivors. neighbors looked out at the scene of horror. ala tells us she ran outside as soon as she heard the explosion. "we saw only injured children who were on fire, sorry," she says. "krerp crying and running out from the school." ukrainian security services have opened an investigation into the crash. for now there is no suggestion that foul play was involved. there was heavy fog in the morning. the president, volodymyr zelenskyy, said every death is the result of war, even when it is far from the front lines. the wife of deputy minister yenin sobbed in shock as she took in the scene. another tragedy in a nation that has borne witness to so much horror. as daylight faded, emergency services declared the end of the search and rescue. and the bodies were taken away. >

affairs system, we lost people who were professionals, patriots, reliable leaders, minister denys monastyrsky who died in the disaster this not those people who can be easily replaced, it is really a big loss for the state, we sympathize with the relatives, the temporary leadership of the ministry will be carried out by the head of the national police of ukraine, there were also distributed responsibilities for which the minister was responsible in the context of our defense operation, ensuring the security of the state, the border, the situation on the front-line territory, the participation of the national guard and the police in hostilities, control is maintained as soon as clear facts are established about what exactly led to the disaster we will provide this information as well as always been all day today in contact with our military, the situation at the front remains difficult, the epicenter of the most brutal principled battles in donbas, we are gradually recording an increase in the number shelling and attempted offensive actions by the occupier. thank you to all our fighters who ar

the interior minister, denys monastyrsky, his deputy and state secretary of the interior ministry as well, very important politicians especially right now in this phase in ukraine when, of course, the police forces are extremely important and also the emergency services if you look at some of the operations after there were russian strikes, cleanup operation, obviously the emergency services this this country play the very important role. and the ukrainians are treating it that way. there's a lot of people who have an outpouring of support and even the country's president volodymyr zelenskyy as he was speaking at the world economic forum in davos or to the world economic for rum remotely called for a moment of silence for denys monastyrsky and those who were killed on board this helicopter, nine people were on board in total, 14 people in total have been killed and, again, the ukrainians are saying there will be a full investigation as to what caused this crash. they don't believe that there was any foul play at this point in time but also say that the investigation could take weeks

zelensky and the first lady have been taking part in a memorial in kyiv for interior minister denys monastyrskyer crash. the accident happened earlier this week in a suburb of kyiv, and set a kindergarten on fire. president zelensky says he'll keep asking western allies to send modern tanks to ukraine, after a meeting of allied nations in germany on friday ended without an agreement to provide them. protests have taken place in berlin to demand the approval of german—made tanks to be sent to kyiv. let's go live to berlin now and speak to boyan panchevski, germany correspondent at the wall streetjournal. welcome, thank you for being with us. tell us more about these protests in berlin. how widespread is the negative reaction to germany's response not to send these tanks as of yet?— tanks as of yet? thank you for havin: tanks as of yet? thank you for having me- — tanks as of yet? thank you for having me. basically- tanks as of yet? thank you for having me. basically the - tanks as of yet? thank you for - having me. basically the chancellor is facing a huge problem at home in berlin. it has been a

people had crashed near the building, killing all on board including ukraine's interior minister denys monastyrskykyiv's mayor called his death a huge loss. >> a young guy. [indiscernible] >> dozens of children were in the kindergarten at the time of the crash. at least one was killed. others were injured. a regular school day turned into a tragedy. ukraine's president said he was in unspeakable pain. this kindergarten is right in the center of a residential area. people who live here have been coming out to see what has happened and most are in shock. alexander was nearby when he heard the crash. we filmed what happened next on his phone. >> i -- the kindergarten and saw everything on fire. i checked the building where i had friends, but when i got sir, that car exploded. i saw two dead bodies on the grass and i was scared to go closer. >> i thought it was a drone attack. we saw a large piece of metal on the ground, then found the helicopter ring. it is a nightmare. i'm speechless. >> police have opened an investigation into the crash. no word yet on why it happened, but it is clearly death of th

zelensky and the first lady have been taking part in a memorial in kyiv for interior minister denys monastyrskyowing a helicopter crash. the accident happened earlier this week in a suburb of kyiv, and set a kindergarten on fire. president zelensky says he'll keep asking western allies to send modern tanks to ukraine, after a meeting of allied nations in germany on friday ended without an agreement to provide them. protests have taken place in berlin — to demand the approval of german—made tanks to be sent to kyiv. basically, the chancellor is facing a huge problem at home in berlin. there has been a protest in front of his office. much more than that, the media in general has turned against him and also leading figures from his own coalition government have spoken against his decision to effectively veto the delivery of german—made tanks also from other countries. under these arms export rules, german tanks that have been sold by germany to third countries need to be approved by the government if they were going to be re—exported to ukraine. countries like poland or finland are also unable, al

denys monastyrsky headed the ministry of internal affairs for one and a half years, replaced arsen avakovion . monastyrskyi's candidacy was proposed by the president, and the pro-government servant of the people party supported it. prior to that, he headed the committee on law enforcement activities in 2014-2019. on the reform of the law enforcement system in ukraine denys knostrskyi was 42 years old he was born in khmelnytskyi obtained a law degree denis monastyrskyi was educated and had the degree of candidate of legal sciences. he was married and has two sons. yevgeny yenin, the first deputy minister of internal affairs, held the post from september 2021. he was in charge of reforming the national police, the state migration service, as well as the state emergency service. prior to that, he held the position of deputy minister of foreign affairs . the agent of ukraine in cases against russia in international courts, in particular, he defended the interests of our country in the case of the crash of flight mh17 and also organized the evacuation from afghanistan, where the taliban seized

well, i already read about denys monastyrsky about his short biography, briefly about his broad biographygeny yenin, also a few words: he was born, he, too, they are the same age as him, he is also 42 years old. he was born in dnipro, he was a cadet at the national academy of the security service of ukraine, graduated with honors from the academy of security service of ukraine in law, this is a specialization, a specialty, then even defended a dissertation on the topic of ensuring the national interests of ukraine in the process settlement of the transnistrian conflict and obtained the degree of candidate of political sciences with a specialty in the foundations of national security of the state. he also graduated from the ukrainian state university of finance and international trade. he received the qualification of an international lawyer. well, we are showing one of the samonastyr . i am talking about yevhen yinin. colli-qualification well, he was a national academy, he graduated from the sbu, went through military service, held an officer position in the sbu and the foreign intelligen

. _ president zelensky and the first lady have been denys monastyrsky and 13 other people killed following in a suburb of kyiv, and set a kindergarten on fire. president zelenskyy says he'll keep asking western allies to send modern tanks to ukraine, after a meeting of allied nations in germany on friday ended without an agreement to provide them. protests have taken place in berlin to demand the approval of german—made tanks to be sent to kyiv. boyan pancevski is germany correspondent at the wall streetjournal, he described the negative reaction in the country following this decision. there is something about the tank that seems to be bothering mr scholz personally. his people will say that president biden of the united states has also not sent tanks. we have to remember that, at the moment, i think britain is the only country that has officially announced that it will be sending 14 main battle tanks, the challenger 2. so, essentially, scholz is saying, "i'm only "going to do this if president biden goes along with it," and that is a difficult position to explain because prior to that, he

appointed to perform the duties the appointment of the minister of internal affairs to replace denys monastyrsky , who died in the plane crash in brovary the start of the construction of two power units using american technology, they plan to implement the project at the khmelnytskyi npp by 2030-2032 , the cost of one such power unit is about 5 billion us dollars, the source of their financing will be energy and loans from american partners, technology for 1,000 reactors, it has a completely different approach to passive safety systems is the situation when an e-station is deprived of external power, it has the ability to technically exist autonomously for 72 hours in september 2021 energoatom and westinghouse supported the memorandum on the construction of five nuclear power units in ukraine at the beginning of june 2022, the companies signed an agreement to increase the number of nuclear power units from five, the number increased to nine simulators from the last batch from the last batch of metal produced at the destroyed plant, azovstal now helps our military personnel are being rehabilitate

committee on anti-corruption policy quite good relations with the minister of internal affairs denys monastyrskyhis colleagues, his deputy, they died today in the brewery - in brovary we will remember during the plane crash well, let's remember together and see to our little-known material, how did denys monastyrskyi and his deputy yevhen yenin stand out in their positions. denys monastyrskyi headed the ministry of internal affairs for one and a half years. he replaced arsen avakov in this position. - in 2019, he was an assistant consultant at the public foundations of people's deputy anton herashchenko, worked as an expert of the ukrainian institute of the future and specialized in reforming the law enforcement system in ukraine. denys monastyrskyi was 42 years old. he was born in khmelnytskyi. he received a law degree. he had the degree of candidate of legal sciences. denys monastyrskyi was married. he has two sons left. reforming the national police, the state migration service, as well as the state emergency service, before that he held the position of deputy minister of foreign affairs agen

zelensky and the first lady have been taking part in a memorial in kyiv for interior minister denys monastyrskyer crash. the accident happened earlier this week in a suburb of kyiv and set a kindergarten on fire. meanwhile, president zelensky says he'll keep asking western allies to send modern tanks to ukraine, after a meeting of allied nations in germany ended without an agreement to provide them. protests have taken place in berlin to demand the approval of german—made tanks to be sent to kyiv. aru na iyengar reports. this is what kyiv wants but can't yet have — german—made leopard 2 tanks as part of hopes for hundreds of western battle tanks to help defend their country and take back their land. ukraine says modern tanks are key to holding back russia's expansion plans. translation: the partners are firm in their attitude. i they will support ukraine as much as necessary for our victory. yes, we will still have to fight for the supply of modern tanks, but every day we make it more obvious — there is no alternative to making the decision on tanks. president zelensky has made his appeal to th

zelensky and the first lady have been taking part in a memorial in kyiv for interior minister denys monastyrskycopter crash. the accident happened earlier this week in a suburb of kyiv, and set a kindergarten on fire. president zelensky says he'll keep asking western allies to send modern tanks to ukraine, after a meeting of allied nations in germany on friday ended without an agreement to provide them. protests have taken place in berlin to demand the approval of german—made tanks to be sent to kyiv. i'm joined now by elisabeth braw, a senior fellow with the american enterprise institute, a conservative think tank in washington. welcome to the program. what do you think the reservations of germany are here and how might they be unlocked? ., are here and how might they be unlocked? . , ., ., unlocked? the initial reservation in this german _ unlocked? the initial reservation in this german government _ unlocked? the initial reservation in this german government as - unlocked? the initial reservation in this german government as i - unlocked? the initial reservation in this german government as

including the minister himself denys monastyrsky, an adviser to zelenskyy from before the war. tonight, addressing the world economic forum in davos, switzerland, president zelenskyy calling those aboard that helicopter patriots. asking for a minute of silence. zelenskyy then urging the west to move faster to arm ukraine against russia. >> tragedies are outpacing life. the tyranny is outpacing the democracy. the supplying of ukraine with air defense systems must outpace russia's next missile attacks. >> so, let's bring in matt gutman from inside ukraine again tonight for us. and matt, ukraine saying it is considering several possible causes of the crash here? >> reporter: david, this was a french-made helicopter. we'll told with an experienced emergency services crew. now, we know it was foggy around kyiv this morning. but ukrainian authorities saying they're considering all possibilities, mechanical failure, pilot error, even some sort of rssian attack or foul play. david? >> all right, matt gutman in dnipro tonight. matt, thank you. >>> we have learned tonight that americans

president zelensky and the first lady taking part in a memorial in kyiv for interior minister denys monastyrskyarlier this week in a suburb of kyiv, and set a kindergarten on fire. tens of millions of people are on the move in china in preparation for the start of the lunar new year on sunday. it's the first spring festival in china in four years without any travel restrictions, which were imposed because of covid. here's michael bristow. there is excitement and relief as china begins celebrating its first lunar new year since the lifting of covid restrictions. not surprisingly, there are more travellers than last year. they are expecting to million individual journeys across china in the holiday, though that's still fewer than the outbreak began. for some, it's the first get—together since before the pandemic. translation: before the pandemic. tuna/mom- before the pandemic. translation: �* , ., , ,y ., , translation: i'm very happy to see m son translation: i'm very happy to see my son and _ translation: i'm very happy to see my son and his— translation: i'm very happy to see my son and his fa

zelensky and the first lady have been taking part in a memorial in kyiv for interior minister denys monastyrskying a helicopter crash. the accident happened earlier this week in a suburb of kyiv, and set a kindergarten on fire. president zelensky says he'll keep asking western allies to send modern tanks to ukraine, after a meeting of allied nations in germany on friday ended without an agreement to provide them. protests have taken place in berlin to demand the approval of german—made tanks to be sent to kyiv. the bbc�*s security correspondent, frank gardener, explains where this leaves the west in terms of its military backing of kyiv. i think it is stagnating if anything. i think it is a bit of a litmus test for how far the west is prepared to go to support its ally and neighbour ukraine. the west is already giving huge amounts of military aid to ukraine. the recent package of $2.5 billion worth announced by the united states, but he stops short of what ukraine says it needs desperately now, which is these leopard tanks, doesn't sitting in warehouses in western europe that could be transport

denys monastyrsky was often at scenes like this, inspecting damage to the latest target of a russian was well known to several western leaders. they've been sending their condolences. despite this setback, ukraine's war effort is unlikely to slacken off. the country remains focused on resisting russia's missile attacks and on preparing for a coming spring offensive by both sides. frank gardner, bbc news. the time is1.19.. our top story this lunchtime. nurses begin a two—day strike in a dispute about pay. about a quarter of services are affected. still to come. you're the best teacher in the world! we meet the 100—year—old who made the new year's honours list — who's been volunteering at his local schools. coming up on the bbc news channel. iceland captain sara bjork gunnarsdottir says winning a claim against former side lyon for failing to pay her a full salary during pregnancy is a "wake—up call" for clubs around the world. the environment agency has declared a major incident in somerset because of the risk of flooding. it said the move was in response to a number of incidents in th

denys monastyrsky was often at scenes like this, inspecting damage to the latest target of a russian despite this setback, ukraine's war effort is unlikely to slacken off. the country remains focused on resisting russia's missile attacks and on preparing for a coming spring offensive by both sides. frank gardner, bbc news. ukraine's president zelensky has addressed the world economic forum in davos. first, though, he commemorated the memory of his friend and colleague, the ukrainian minister of interior denys monastyrsky, as well as all victims of the war in ukraine. he also called on alice to help replenish and reorganise —— on allies. only one minute, but it gives a memory about so many people. ukraine lives thousands of such minutes, including three minutes onjanuary14. three minutes — the time it took for a russian missile to travel hundreds of kilometres, hit a residential block in dnipro and kill at least 45 people. 45 — adults, children. 45. my address will be short, about the time we are short of, about small minutes, about years made of these minutes. three years ago, i spok

zelensky and the first lady have been taking part in a memorial in kyiv for interior minister denys monastyrskyopter crash. the accident happened earlier this week in a suburb of kyiv, and set a nursery school on fire. a solemn occasion. let's get more on this from kyiv from where we are joined by bbc ukrainian reporter viktoriia zhuhan. there was a sense of palpable shock when this happened, today we see the president and the first lady at a memorial, talk us through the mood thatis memorial, talk us through the mood that is embracing ukraine at this moment. i that is embracing ukraine at this moment. ., �* ., , , ., moment. i wouldn't say a sense of shock has gone. _ moment. i wouldn't say a sense of shock has gone. the _ moment. i wouldn't say a sense of shock has gone. the tragedy - moment. i wouldn't say a sense of shock has gone. the tragedy when moment. i wouldn't say a sense of. shock has gone. the tragedy when a helicopter crashed is still top line in the news and it is still one of the most widely discussed among readers and viewers, the audience. now, just to give you a glimpse of th

zelensky and the first lady have been taking part in a memorial in kyiv for interior minister denys monastyrskya helicopter crash. the accident happened earlier this week in a suburb of kyiv and set a kindergarten on fire. meanwhile, president zelensky says he'll keep asking western allies to send modern tanks to ukraine, after a meeting of allied nations in germany on friday ended without an agreement to provide them. protests have taken place in berlin to demand the approval of german—made tanks to be sent to kyiv. for more on this, let's talk to the bbc�*s security correspondent frank gardner, who's in london. frank, is this issue moving forward at all after germany's decision to block the move? hat at all after germany's decision to block the move?— block the move? not visibly, no, i think it is stagnating _ block the move? not visibly, no, i think it is stagnating if _ think it is stagnating if anything. i think it is a bit of a litmus test for how far the west is prepared to go to support its ally and neighbour ukraine. the west is already giving huge amounts of military aid to ukraine. t

ukraine's interior minister denys monastyrsky is ukraine's highest profile casualty since russia invadedaine 11 months ago. this comes as direct u.s. involvement in the war in raine continues to escalate. on tueay, u.s. generalark milley, the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, traveled to -- met the head of the ukrainian military at a polish military base. it was our first face-to-face meeting since the war began. meanwhile, about 100 ukrainian troops have arrived in the united states for arriving at fort sill, a u.s. army base in oklahoma the pentagon said the training will focus on using the patrt missile system. in related news, "the new york times" has revealed the pentagon has sent hundreds of thousands of artillery shells to ukraine from a little known u.s. stockpile of ammunition in israel. in the philippines, nobel peace prize laureate and journalist maria ressa has been acquitted of tax evasion charges in what was widely seen as a politically motivated case. ressa is the founder of the independent news outlet rappler and was a vocal critic of former filipino president rodrigo d

among the dead in the helicopter, interior minister denys monastyrsky and his senior aides.astyrsky oversaw ukraine's police and emergency services and often visited the scenes of russian strikes. ukrainian officials say they are investigating the crash's cause. andrey: it is early to give the reasons. i can say that there will be a large investigation to determine all the circumstances. pres. zelenskyy: a tragedy happened near kyiv. nick: but today, at the world economic forum in davos, ukrainn president volodymyr zelenskyy asked for a moment of silence. pres. zelenskyy: thank you very much. nick: and blamed russia. pres. zelenskyy: this was not an accident, because it was due to war. there are no accidents in wartime. nick: in moscow, russian foreign minister sergey lavrov took a hard line and suggested the war had no end in sight. mr. lavrov: there must be no military infrastructure in ukraine that poses a direct threat to our country. there can be no talks with zelenskyy. nick: that leaves ukrainian fearful there will be more nights of candle lighting and more lives cut

ukrainian police say the country�*s interior minister — denys monastyrsky — and his deputy are among

denys monastyrsky was often at scenes like this, inspecting damage to the latest target of a russiane president and was well known to several western leaders. they've been sending their condolences. despite this setback, ukraine's war effort is unlikely to slacken off. the country remains focused on resisting russia's missile attacks and on preparing for a coming spring offensive by both sides. frank gardner, bbc news. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner is with me. this must be a huge blow to the ukrainian government? it this must be a huge blow to the ukrainian government?- this must be a huge blow to the ukrainian government? it is. as if the don't ukrainian government? it is. as if they don't have _ ukrainian government? it is. as if they don't have enough _ ukrainian government? it is. as if they don't have enough to - ukrainian government? it is. as if| they don't have enough to contend with already, with this invasion also being a year old, and daily missile and drone attacks, so this is a real setback for them. i'm not sure it will impact their war effort but this has hi

the interior minister denys monastyrsky, who is dead, was a recognisable face for ukrainians throughoutar, regularly updating the public on the number of casualties. today, he was travelling to one of the "hot spots" of the war when the helicopter came down. 13 others were killed, including a child on the ground. such an awful event today. a helicopter crashing into a kindergarten, that awful incident in the dnipro over the weekend and as i say we have to be a bit careful when we talk about a proxy war, who is really paying the price for this. i think that is really right and zelensky address today to the world economic forum which had a very sombre tone and he was for the emphasising the sense of urgency because i think outside ukraine it is quite easy even with the energy crisis going on in europe for this to distract and become the new status quo. and he was keen to emphasise that this is actually an urgent series of events that is still happening where there is still in need of commitment. although the western alliance comes together much stronger than than he thought there is still