Crash Kills Ukraine Ministers Among 18, Dutch To Send Patriot, Serbia Slams Russia’s Wagner Group

Ukrainian Interior minister Denys Monastyrsky and his deputy among 18 others have been killed in a helicopter crash in minister’s helicopter crashed near a kindergarten outside the capital Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said. Volodymyr Zelensky urged more heavy weapons deliveries following the latest Russian missile attack on Dnipro. The Ukrainian president said he expected decisions on further arms deliveries during the World Economic Forum in Davos. The United States and Ukraine’s top military leaders met face-to-face for the first time in Poland on Jan. 18. Dutch PM Mark Rutte has said that the Netherlands plans to join US and Germany in sending a Patriot missile system to Ukraine. Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discussed the Ukraine war during a phone call on Jan. 17. The White House has indicated that additional Ukrainian aid could be announced “as soon as the end of this week”. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken also said the US would be announcing further assistance in the coming da