The State Bureau of Investigation has served a notice of suspicion to an officer from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who gave grenades to Major Gennadiy Chastyakov for his birthday. The bureau found that the suspect received them without the appropriate permission.

The suspect's name has not been disclosed, but according to media reports, it is Colonel A.V. Tymchenko, senior assistant to the deputy chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"It has been established that the officer purchased 8 DM 51A2 hand-held universal offensive and defensive grenades without the appropriate permission and brought them to his office. Later, he packed six of them in a wooden gift box and put a bottle of strong alcohol inside. He presented this box to the soldier Gennadiy Chastyakov on the occasion of his birthday. By these actions, the officer actually sold explosive devices," the SBI said in a statement.

The suspect left two more grenades in the closet of his office. Law enforcement officers found and seized them there during searches.

"The officer was served a notice of suspicion of purchasing, storing, carrying and selling explosive devices without the permission prescribed by law (Part 1 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code)," the SBI said. - "The pre-trial investigation is ongoing, the Bureau is establishing all the facts related to the tragic event and does not reject any of the versions.

We will remind that on the evening of November 6, Major Gennadiy Chastyakov of the Armed Forces of Ukraine died in his home in the village of Chaika. He was an assistant and close friend of Commander-in-Chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi.