Case of Zaluzhnyi's aide's death transferred to SBI

The National Police has directed a criminal investigation to the State Bureau of Investigation into the grenade explosion that led to the death of a serviceman, Aide Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi.

The press service of the National Police reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

"Today, on November 7, the prosecutor's office assigned jurisdiction in the criminal proceedings registered in the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations by the Kyiv regional police over the explosion of a grenade in the village of Chaiky in the Kyiv region, which led to the death of a serviceman, to the State Bureau of Investigation," the statement said.

As reported, in the evening of November 6, a serviceman was killed and his 13-year-old son was seriously injured in the village of Chaiky, in the Kyiv region, as a result of an explosion of ammunition. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi confirmed the death of his aide Hennadiy Chastyakov. According to him, an unknown explosive device detonated.