A Ukrainian major who was a close adviser to the country's commander-in-chief has died after one of his birthday presents blew up. Major Gennadiy Chastiakov, 39, was initially believed to have been ...

An aide to Ukraine’s top military commander was killed on his birthday Monday when a grenade packed inside a present exploded inside his Kyiv home, according to Ukrainian officials. Major Gennadiy ...

Maj. Gennadiy Chastyakov, an aide to Ukraine’s top commander, died when a grenade given to him as a gift blew up. By Constant Méheut Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine Ukrainian prosecutors announced on ...

A top military aide in Ukraine was killed Monday after his teenage son detonated a grenade he had just received as a present for his 39th birthday, the interior minister said. Maj. Hennadii Chastiakov ...

Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief has revealed that his assistant, a major in rank, was killed when a booby-trapped birthday present he had been given exploded. “My assistant and close friend, Major ...

An aide to Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Valeriy Zaluzhny was killed when a grenade hidden in a birthday present detonated. According to a statement from Zaluzhny, Maj. Gennadiy Chastiakov, 39, was ...

Kyiv, Ukraine — A top aide to the commander of Ukraine's military was killed by a grenade given to him as a birthday gift, not in a targeted attack, the country's interior minister has said. Maj.

A top aide to Ukraine’s armed forces commander was killed Monday when an “unknown explosive device” detonated inside a birthday present, according to Ukrainian officials who suggested the explosion ...

A top aide to Ukraine’s military commander was killed on his birthday Monday and his 13-year-old son was seriously injured when one of his presents exploded inside his Kyiv home. Maj. Hennadiy ...

Several Russian schools were tricked into sending birthday greetings to President Vladimir Putin bearing a photograph and quotes of a World War II-era Ukrainian partisan leader who has been vilified ...