Georgian President, Parliament Speaker send condolences following deadly helicopter crash near Kyiv

The remains of the helicopter outside a residential building in Brovary, near Kyiv, following the crash. Photo: Reuters

Agenda.ge, 18 Jan 2023 - 15:16, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili and Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Wednesday sent their condolences following the crash of a helicopter in Brovary, an eastern suburb of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, that killed 18 including the country’s Interior Minister and senior law enforcement officials.

Expressing her condolences to the families of the victims - including three children - as well as the Ukrainian people and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zourabichvili said “Georgia grieves with you” in her social media post, while the Parliament Speaker called the incident a “heartbreaking tragedy”.