Yurii Olehovych Lubkovych (; 31 May 1989 – 18 January 2023) was a Ukrainian diplomat who served as the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Internal Affairs from 2021 until his death in 2023.Monastyrsky presented a new team of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
,

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in the Netherlands in 2010 (majoring in business). He studied at the

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where he received his bachelor's degree in management in 2010, and his master's degree in management of foreign economic activities in 2011. He held civil service positions for 10 years. He had experience in management positions in the Secretariat of the

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and the Apparatus of the

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. Lubkovych also attended special training courses for public managers at the Secretariat of the Government of Canada and

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in Singapore.

Death

Lubkovych, along with the Minister of Interior,

Denys Monastyrsky Denys Anatoliiovych Monastyrsky (, ; 12 June 1980 – 18 January 2023) was a Ukrainian lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine from 16 July 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash on 18 January 2023.

and deputy minister of internal affairs

Yevhen Yenin Yevhen Volodymyrovych Yenin (, sometimes Yevheniy, ; 19 November 1980 – 18 January 2023) was a Ukrainian diplomat and lawyer who served as the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2023.

, were killed in a

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on 18 January 2023 in

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, an eastern suburb of the capital

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. The helicopter hit a kindergarten as it crashed, and a child was among the 14 killed. 25 others were injured.

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