{"id":120857,"date":"2023-11-06T22:59:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T22:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=120857"},"modified":"2023-11-06T22:59:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T22:59:15","slug":"ukrainian-official-killed-on-birthday-after-unwrapping-gift-containing-live-bomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/ukrainian-official-killed-on-birthday-after-unwrapping-gift-containing-live-bomb\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian official killed on birthday after unwrapping gift containing live bomb"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Ukrainian officer was killed on his birthday by an explosive present, Ukraine’s top general wrote on his Telegram channel on Monday.<\/p>\n

Major Hennadii Chastiakov, an assistant of Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi, was killed by a grenade concealed in a gift bag in his home.<\/p>\n

The general said the specific reasons and circumstances of the officer’s death are to be established in a pre-trial investigation.<\/p>\n

Chastiakov’s wife said her husband was killed by a grenade contained in the birthday present, Ukrainska Pravda reported.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian media reported earlier that Chastiakov, 39, was killed in his home in Chaiky.<\/p>\n

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Authorities said the officer’s 13-year-old son was seriously injured in the explosion and is in medical care.<\/p>\n

Zaluzhyni said in his condolences: “From the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Hennadii was a reliable shoulder for me, completely devoting his life to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the fight against Russian aggression.”<\/p>\n

Hennadii is survived by his wife and four children.<\/p>\n

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