Taras V. Redkin (Kot)

Redkin Taras Viktorovych was born on October 2, 1996 in Kharkiv. In 2019, he graduated from the Ivan Kozhedub Kharkiv National Air Force University. He served in the military as the deputy commander of a squadron - the navigator of the 204th Tactical Aviation Brigade of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, flying the MiG-29 aircraft. He was killed on September 25, 2022 while carrying out a combat mission to destroy enemy air defense means near the line of contact. Around 4:00 am, Taras Redkin's aircraft was shot down, but the pilot managed to steer it away from the populated area. The hero was buried on October 1, 2022.