"Ukraine's Top Military Aide Killed by Grenade in Birthday Gift"

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Source: The Guardian
"Ukraine's Top Military Aide Killed by Grenade in Birthday Gift"
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A close adviser to the commander-in-chief of Ukraine's army, Major Gennadiy Chastiakov, was killed on his birthday after a grenade among his gifts exploded. Initially suspected as an assassination, it was later revealed that Chastiakov had been showing his son a box with grenades inside when the tragic explosion occurred. The police identified a fellow soldier who gave the gift and seized two similar grenades. Chastiakov's wife mentioned that the grenade was in a gift bag, and some reports suggested that the real grenade was among novelty gifts shaped like grenades. The incident is under investigation.

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