According to Ukrainian authorities, a helicopter crash in a Kyiv suburb left 18 people dead on Wednesday, including Ukrainian officials and three children.

An emergency services helicopter crashed in Brovary, an eastern suburb of the Ukrainian capital. Nine people who died were aboard the helicopter.

Among those killed were Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi, his deputy Yevhen Yenin and State Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yurii Lubkovych, according to Ihor Klymenko, chief of Ukraine’s National Police. 

Monastyrskyi is the most senior Ukrainian official to die since the war with Russia began last February.

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Kyiv Regional Governor Oleksii Kuleba said three children were killed in the crash near a kindergarten.

It remains unclear at this time if the crash was an accident or connected to the ongoing war with Russia. No fighting has been reported in the Kyiv area as of late.

Kuleba said 29 people were injured in the crash, including 15 children.

Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska was seen with teary eyes as she pinched her nose in emotion just before attending a World Economic Forum session in Davos, Switzerland.

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To honor the Ukrainian officials killed in the crash, Forum President Borge Brende requested 15 seconds of silence after opening the session.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Alaska State Troopers say a polar bear attacked and killed a woman and a boy in a remote western Alaska village.

KTUU reported the attack happened around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Wales, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula.

Troopers said the bear entered the village and chased several residents before fatally attacking the woman and boy.

As the attack unfolded, troopers said a resident shot and killed the bear.

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The victims have not yet been identified as authorities work to notify family members.

Wales is a small, predominantly Inupiaq town of about 150 people, just over 100 miles northwest of Nome.

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According to the Anchorage Daily News, fatal polar bear attacks have been rare in Alaska's recent history.

In 1990, a polar bear killed a man farther north of Wales in the village of Point Lay. Biologists later said the animal showed signs of starvation.

Alaska scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey in 2019 found changes in sea ice habitat had coincided with evidence that polar bears’ use of land was increasing and that the chances of a polar bear encounter had increased.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.