Assistant to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny died

Assistant to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny died
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  • 07.11.2023 10:16:00
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The incident occurred as a result of careless handling of a grenade, the Ukrayinska Pravda publication reports, citing the press secretary of the speaker of the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In the Kyiv region, assistant commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian troops Valery Zaluzhny died as a result of careless handling of a grenade, the Ukrayinska Pravda publication reports, citing a source in the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
It is noted that his son is hospitalized in serious condition.
“In the village of Chaiki, a 39-year-old military man died at home as a result of careless handling of ammunition. His 13-year-old son was seriously wounded and was hospitalized,” the publication quotes the speaker of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Maryana Reva.

According to the publication's sources, we are talking about Gennady Chestyakov, he worked as an assistant to the commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny.
It is reported that the military man's wife and daughter were in the house during the incident; they were not injured.
The police are working at the scene of the incident; data on the death of Chestyakov are included in the unified register of pre-trial investigations under the article of the Criminal Code of Ukraine “illegal handling of weapons, ammunition or explosives.”
When inspecting the apartment, according to the publication’s interlocutor, the police found five more intact grenades.

source: azsputniknews

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