
KYIV, Ukraine — An aide to top military chief – Maj. Gennadiy Chastyakov was killed after being gifted with a live grenade on his birthday, which was detonated by his 13-year old son, Ukrainian prosecutors said.
“Major Gennadiy Chastyakov, who served as the assistant to Valery Zaluzhny, had received a gift box from a colleague for his birthday on Monday that contained several “Western model” grenades,” wrote Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko on Telegram.