In Service Since 2016: Freedom of Russia Legion Captures Russian Airborne Officer

The fighters of the Freedom of Russia Legion captured a Russian junior lieutenant who accidentally got to Ukrainian positions.

He arrived at the site, believing it to be controlled by the occupiers, but encountered an infantry unit of the Legion.

The prisoner was the commander of a reconnaissance platoon of the 154th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion of the 104th Airborne Division, Konstantin Alekseyevich Tukhtayev.

According to the Legion, he was supposed to control the discipline of the personnel, in particular, alcohol abuse.

Tukhtayev has been a contract soldier since 2016. He joined the war in June 2022. At first, he guarded a factory in Kadiivka of the Luhansk region, and later the headquarters of the 38th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, which was located in a kindergarten in the Kherson region.

After taking an officer’s course, he was transferred to the 104th Airborne Division. There, he headed a reconnaissance platoon as part of the 154th Battalion.

A week before the incident, Tukhtayev’s unit was transferred to the Zaporizhzhia region.