A top aide to Ukraine's military commander was showing off grenades given to him for his birthday when he 'pulled the ring, leading to a tragic explosion.'
Kyiv, Ukraine — A top aide to the commander of Ukraine's military was killed by a grenade given to him as a birthday gift, not in a targeted attack, the country's interior minister has said. Maj. Henadiy Chastyakov died in the tragic accident Monday and his 13-year-old son was badly injured, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Telegram. A colleague presented six new grenades as a gift to Chastyakov, who was a top aide and close friend to Gen.
24, 2022. He said Chastyakov's death had left him in 'unspeakable pain,' and called it 'a heavy loss for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and for me personally.' The officer's death was the second fatal tragedy in less than a week for Ukraine's military. A Ukrainian brigade holding a ceremony in Zaporizhzhia to honor troops on Friday was struck by a Russian missile that killed 19 soldiers, one of the deadliest single attacks reported by Ukrainian forces.
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