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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Arpan Rai

Ukrainian commander’s aide killed after gift explodes: ‘He took a grenade out of child’s hands’

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An assistant and “close friend” to Ukraine’s military commander-in-chief was killed in an explosion at his home after he took a grenade he received as a birthday gift off his child’s hand, officials said.

Major Hennady Chastyakov, 39, returned home on Monday night with birthday gifts he had received from his colleagues. They included a box of Western-manufactured grenades he was showing to his son, Ukraine’s interior minister Ihor Klymenko said on Telegram.

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