A top aide to Ukraine’s military commander was killed on his birthday Monday and his 13-year-old son was seriously injured when one of his gifts exploded inside his home in Kyiv.
Maj. Hennadiy Chastyokov, 39, died in a “tragic accident” after returning home with some birthday presents he had received from friends – not realizing a live grenade was included in the gifts.
Chastyokov began showing his gift to his family, when his teenage son began examining the weapon, according to a Telegram post from Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko.
“The boy first took the ammunition in his hand and started twisting the ring,” he wrote. “Then the soldiers took the grenade from the child and pulled the ring, causing a tragic explosion.”
Police also said the explosion was “a result of careless handling of ammunition,” and found five more live grenades at his home, Klymenko said.
The police were later able to find out which of Chastyakov’s fellow soldiers sent him gifts, visited the suspect’s house and recovered two more grenades.
Ukrainian Maj. Hennadiy Chastyokov, 39, was killed by a grenade given to him on his birthday. Chastyokov took home the present he had received for his birthday – not realizing that a live grenade had been inserted in it. Pictures from the scene show several grenade-shaped objects lying next to what appear to be bottles of alcohol and packaging from a Ukrainian clothing brand.
Pictures from the scene show several grenade-shaped objects lying next to what appear to be bottles of alcohol and packaging from a Ukrainian clothing brand.
Some reports suggest the grenade was hidden among the new grenade-shaped gifts, according to The Guardian.
The investigation is still ongoing.
Valeriy Zaluzhnyy — commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine — described the military aide as “a reliable shoulder for me.”X / @CinC_AFU
In a Telegram post after Chastyokov’s death, Valeriy Zaluzhnyy — the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine — described the military aide as “a reliable shoulder for me.”
He said that since Russia invaded the country in February 2022, Chastyokov had “completely given his life to the Ukrainian armed forces and fighting Russian aggression.”
Zaluzhnyy described Chastyokov’s death as “unspeakable pain and a heavy loss for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and for me personally.”
“My condolences to the family,” he said.
Chastyokov is survived by his wife and four children.
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Source: thtrangdai.edu.vn/en/
