The new military unit will operate as part of the 7th mountain air assault division stationed in Novorossiysk. The Russian paratroopers in Crimea were earlier represented by an air assault ...

Mussagaleyev served as the commander of a reconnaissance platoon in the 104th Guards Air Assault Regiment of Russia’s 76th Guards Air Assault Division, based in Pskov.

Russia’s Defense Ministry reported in November that a third air assault regiment would be set up within the Novorossiysk airborne division by December 1. The regiment would be formed under the ...