Statement Attributable to Denise Brown, United Nations Resident Coordinator for Ukraine (18 January 2023) [EN/UK]

I am deeply saddened by the tragic deaths of the Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrskyi, First Deputy Minister Yevhen Yenin and State Secretary Yurii Lubkovych. Some other Government officials and local residents, including children, have also been killed and injured in Brovary, near Kyiv, this morning.

I extend, on behalf of the United Nations, my deepest sympathy and condolences to their families, to the Government and to the people of Ukraine.

Kyiv, 18 January 2023