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The original was posted on /r/worldnews by /u/ArtLover357 on 2023-11-07 12:56:20.
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A grenade given as a birthday present has blown up and killed a close aide of the head of Ukraine’s armed forces Valery Zaluzhny.
Gen Zaluzhny spoke of the unspeakable pain and heavy loss to the Ukrainian military and to him personally, describing Maj Chastyakov as a “reliable shoulder” since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.
His death is the latest setback for the Ukrainian military, after a missile strike killed 19 soldiers in a Russian attack on an awards ceremony close to the front line in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia.
Pro-presidential MP Maryana Bezulha said Maj Chastyakov’s death was down to negligence: "I would never have thought Hennadiy would die as a result of carelessness on his own birthday.
However, the official cause of the explosion has been questioned by Ukrainian commentators, some of whom have speculated whether it was an attack targeting Gen Zaluzhny himself, on the assumption that he might have attended his aide’s birthday celebrations.
Last week the commander in chief gave a blunt assessment of the situation on Ukraine’s front lines against Russia’s invasion forces.
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Lophostemon@aussie.zone 2 years ago
Maybe giving live explosives as gifts is not such a great idea?!?!
Who knew?!?