Valery Zaluzhny, a close aide to the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was killed on Monday after an item sent to him for his birthday exploded, a military official said on Telegram, AFP reported.
“Under tragic circumstances, my assistant and close friend Major Gennady Chiastyakov died (…) on his birthday,” said Zaluzhny.
“An unknown explosive device went off in one of his gifts,” he said, announcing the opening of a “preliminary investigation.”
⚡ Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhny confirmed the death of an aide during the explosion of a birthday present.
Major Gennadiy Chastyakov was killed on his birthday in the company of his family. An unknown explosive device went off in one of the gifts. Gennady is survived by his wife and four children.
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