Human losses in southern Russia and Ukraine have exceeded 7,600 people

Officials and security forces have publicly acknowledged that at least 3,836 servicemen from the Southern Federal District and 3,772 fighters from the North Caucasus have been killed in combat operations in Ukraine. 

As reported by the " Caucasian Knot ," by October 6, government and security officials officially acknowledged that at least 7,550 fighters from southern Russia had been killed in the military operation: 3,750 from the North Caucasus Federal District and 3,800 from the Southern Federal District.

SVO statistics: losses are growing in the south of Russia

The Caucasian Knot maintains a list of names of natives of the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts killed in the military operation. The list was compiled in accordance with current laws and based on data provided by officials—from governors to village heads—as well as representatives of security agencies. It should be noted that actual losses among North Caucasus security forces may be significantly higher than officially acknowledged. This situation is common throughout the district, but is particularly acute in Chechnya. In February 2023, Kadyrov publicly called on regional leaders not to disclose the death toll.

1.

According to the "Caucasian Knot" calculations, by October 10, government and security officials had officially reported at least 7,608 combatants from southern Russia killed in the military operation. This number includes 3,772 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 3,836 from the Southern Federal District. 

Dagestan, as before, leads in the number of killed military personnel whose names have been publicly released by the authorities, with 1,597. In Stavropol Krai, information has been released about 828 killed soldiers, in North Ossetia - 493. Kabardino-Balkaria accounts for 295 killed.2, to Chechnya - 2493, in Karachay-Cherkessia - 162, in Ingushetia officials reported 148 killed.

The largest number of fatalities in the Southern Federal District was recorded in the Volgograd Region – 1,413. In the Krasnodar Region, 781 soldiers were publicly announced as killed in Ukraine, and in the Rostov Region – 723. The Astrakhan Region accounts for 623 fatalities, and Kalmykia – 177. In Adygea, 119 soldiers were officially declared killed. 

The Ingush publication "Fortanga" noted in an October 6 article that the true number of natives of the republic killed in the combat zone in Ukraine may be significantly higher than the number confirmed by the authorities: at least 126 military personnel were reported missing by residents of Ingushetia from January 2024 to mid-April 2025, meaning they were not formally recognized as killed.

In January, volunteers who arrived in Chechnya to sign military contracts  complained that they were being held captive for weeks in order to be sent to the war zone in place of local residents who had paid their way out of service. According to human rights activists, forced contract signing is common practice in Chechnya, and security forces may be creating an "exchange fund"  from the volunteers who arrived.

The first official to report the death of a Russian soldier in the SVO zone was Dagestan's head, Sergei Melikov . On February 26, 2022,  he announced that officer Nurmagomed Gadzimagomedov had been killed in Ukraine.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/416205