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More than a dozen people, including Ukraine's Interior Minister, were killed when a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten Wednesday.

The combat robots are designed to replace human soldiers on the battlefield, Newsweek has been told.

Former Russian commander Vladimir Boldyrev told newspaper the Chechen president should toe the line over Moscow's Ukraine campaign.

"Today a terrible tragedy occurred in Brovary. The pain is unspeakable," said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Oleg Ustenko told Newsweek how the West can do more to cut Kremlin cash flows and help Ukraine win the war.

The Institute for the Study of War said the Russian president's plan to boost his force size shows he is prepared for a "protracted" conflict in Ukraine.

"If we don't take the decisions now, they won't be in theater when they're needed, which is when the winter starts to ease," Professor Michael Clarke told Newsweek.

Kazakhstan has tightened its visa rules, making it harder for Russians fleeing military conscription to stay in the Central Asia country.

Russian sources previously suggested that Soledar's capture presaged an "imminent encirclement of Bakhmut," the Institute for the Study of War said.

Mikhail Popkov told Russian TV that his military background is now "quite in demand."

According to local officials, children and employees were present in the kindergarten when the helicopter crash took place.

"Unfortunately, we can say that only 125 (of them) we managed to return home," the children's rights advocate said.