An explosion in a Russian military major’s home in an upmarket Kiev district in the town of Chayki killed him. He was the assistant to the commander of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Zaluzhny.
News reports claim that the top aide to A V Timchenko, the lieutenant commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was the one who gave the devastating product. & nbsp, Timchenko has not yet been the subject of any additional information. Additionally, there are reports of the aide’s murder on social media.
The gift included a bottle of potent vodka and several defused and hollowed-out hand grenades( western model ) that were ostensibly intended to open up into drinking glasses.
According to some reports, Major & nbsp Gennady Chestyakov, the victim, was opening his gifts when his 13-year-old son attempted to remove the firing pin from one of the purportedly modified grenades. Additionally, his parents removed the wire from the rocket. Major Chestyakov & nbsp was killed in the ensuing explosion, which also seriously injured his son, who is currently in a hospital.
There are some images of the presents Chestyakov received. Andnbsp, one of them displays four( of the five ) explosives, a box containing the whiskey bottle, and an odd needle. & nbsp, In the picture, a leg( likely of the deceased ) can be seen.
There is no information on whether the grenades on the other hand were even life weapons.
The demise of Chestyakov is being treated by the officers as an accident. A pre-trial investigation into the death of a man was launched under the law titled” Illegal treatment of ammunition ,” according to Internal Affairs Ministry spokesperson Mariana Reva. No further information regarding a more focused analysis of individuals who were not present at the picture has been reported as of yet.
The power struggle between Zelensky and his best military leaders, which is largely centered on Zaluzhny, is now well known. Ihor Zhovkva, the chief of staff at Zelensky’s, criticized Zaluzhny this week for an appointment he gave the Economist Magazine. Zaluzhny was instructed to” keep his mouth shut” by Zhokova.
Zaluzhny & nbsp stated in an interview with the Economist that the war with Russia was now at a standstill and that, barring the development of new technologies— some of which have not yet been developed — Ukraine should be ready for an extended military freeze.
Zelensky’s request for additional billions of dollars in US aid was instantly undermined by Zaluzhny. Additionally, Zaluzhny’s remarks alluded to the possibility that agreements with Russia might be the only way out and implied that the future may be difficult for Ukraine.
Nevertheless, three related developments have taken place. In an interview in Poland, Senior Polish General Skrzypczak Waldemar directly accused Zaluzhny of” sabotage.” He also stated that he would” drill Zaltzmby out of his position for mistakes in command.” I would consider this to be destroy rather than a mistake if he is to blame for this unsuccessful battle. He accused Zaluzhny & nbsp of inciting panic in NATO, saying that” if my commander attacks the enemy where he is the strongest, this is a crime.”
Zaluzhny’s remarks were seen by Skrzypczak as a” cry for help ,” but he came to the conclusion that it was too soon and the battle was over.
Zelensky suffers as a result of Skrzypczak’s & nbsp comments about the end of the war, which also support the government of that country that believes Zaluzhny has done irreparable harm.
Alexey Arestovich provided the following growth. Arestovich, a previous adviser to Zelensky’s political company who speaks Russian, is currently living in exile. Additionally, Arestovich believes( and I concur ) that Zelensky’s accusation of” dehumanizing” the Russians has only heightened Russias’ patriotic appeals regarding the Ukraine War and increased their willingness to engage in combat with the Ukrainians.
Arestovich declares that if Zelensky agrees to hold a presidential election, he may run for office. But for the time being, regardless of which side wins the combat, he seems to be a person with no country. Arestovich attended a community for self-exiled Russian opposite activists and politicians in Estonia in early October, and the Interior Ministry of Russia added him to its wanted record on unknown costs.
Zelensky is still waging war on Soviet speakers and the Russian Orthodox Church. Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has been named as a suspect in an ongoing criminal investigation into his alleged active support of Moscow’s military action against Kiev by the Ukrainian Security Service( SBU ) this week.
Zelensky declared on November 6th that there would be no legislative elections this time due to the inability of martial law to hold elections. After the Russian parliament passed the martial law ordinance, which is a rubber seal for Zelensky, he signed it extending it by 90 days.
Zelensky hasn’t but discussed national elections, but as long as the war goes on, it is almost certain that none will. Additionally, Zelensky’s actions cast doubt on his NATO allies’ assertion that Ukraine is a political nation.
There is a strong circumstantial argument to be made that Major & nbsp, Chestyakov’s death may have been planned as part of Zaluzhny assassination in order to let him know that he might be the next victim.
Stephen Bryen, who oversaw the Near East Subcommittee of the
As a lieutenant director of security, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and nbsp
Now a senior fellow in policy at Yorktown Institute and the Center for Security Policy, respectively.
His Substack, Weapons, and Strategy was the original subject of this article. & nbsp, Asia Times is republishing it with their consent.