A COLONEL who Vladimir Putin personally awarded a top medal has been arrested for the drunken murder of a teenager after he met her at a bar in occupied Ukraine.
FSB agents reportedly detained Lieutenant Colonel Irek Magasumov after the alleged killing in Luhansk - one of the regions that Putin has annexed.
The murder is said to have occurred just weeks after he was awarded the title of "Hero of the Russian Federation" by Putin in a lavish ceremony in Moscow.
He is also a three-time holder of the "Order of Courage" award - and has served throughout Putin's war in Ukraine.
Magasumov and one of his officers, Lieutenant Pavel Yaskevich, are reported to have met two girls while drinking in a bar.
The drunk officer then allegedly shot one of the teenagers with his service pistol before fleeing the scene.
Pictures allegedly show him pinned to the ground having been arrested by local cops over the suspected murder.
It is another embarrassment for Putin whose seemingly undisciplined army has performed poorly in Ukraine.
Reports of drunkness across the Russian Army are rife - with a British intelligence report explicitly blaming alcohol for Vlad's failures.
Russian authorities however are now attempting to piece together what happened that night.
Source: The US Sun