Denys Monastyrskyi, Ukraine's war-time interior minister, was among 14 people killed in a helicopter crash in a Kyiv suburb on Wednesday.
The minister was responsible for Ukraine's police, national guard and border guard which are playing a vital role in combatting Russia.A former lawyer, he entered parliament as an MP with Mr Zelenskyy's Servant of the People party.
The president appointed him to the position of interior minister in July 2021 - just half a year before Russian forces launched their all-out war.As well as seeing him in Bucha, Sky News witnessed Mr Monastyrskyi venture into the city of Izyum, in northeastern Kharkiv region, last September just after a Ukrainian counter-offensive had pushed Russian soldiers back.
He chose to step out of his motorcade as it left to pose for photographs with jubilant soldiers who were standing guard at the entrance to the city, which is marked by a large stone post emblazoned with:"Izyum".Mr Monastyrskyi replied:"From one side I'm happy, just now, but from another side I am upset because many of our Ukrainian civilians we found here, dead, by Russians and it's a problem for us also.
"And we understand how many kilometres we should go to our border, to the Russian Federation, and we will do it."
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