A fighter from Dagestan was killed in a military operation.

Timur Sultanov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,773 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," by January 8, officials had officially recognized at least 1,772 fighters from Dagestan as killed in Ukraine.

Timur Sultanov was born on January 1, 2002, in the village of Maraga. He graduated from high school in 2018. Afterward, he served in the military, and then under contract, in the Russian Army. He was killed in a military operation in Ukraine on January 15, 2025, the Tabasaran district administration announced, reporting on the unveiling of a memorial plaque at the school where he studied.

Thus, at least 1,773 servicemen from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed on the Ukrainian front.

At the end of 2025, authorities reported two fighters from the Tabasaran district of Dagestan killed – Akif Alipashayev and Galim Pashayev.

North Caucasus Military District Statistics: Casualties Mounting in Southern Russia

"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 within the framework of current laws and based on data voiced by officials—from the governor to the head of the village, as well as representatives of the security forces.

State awards, memorial plaques, and appearances on Channel One do not guarantee state support for the families of those killed, according to the Caucasian Knot article "Three Comrades Served: How the Authorities Are Depriving the Families of Killed Volunteers of Benefits," which describes the stories of fighters from other regions.

According to the Caucasian Knot, by January 9, government and security officials had officially recognized no more than 8,450 fighters from southern Russia as killed in the military operation: at least 4,172 fighters from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,280 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine. Dagestan ranks first among the regions of the North Caucasus Federal District in the number of those killed, whose names have been officially released by the authorities. Back in February 2022, Dagestan's head, Sergei Melikov, was the first official to announce that a Russian soldier had been killed in Ukraine, acknowledging the death of officer Nurmagomed Gadzimagomedov. The "Caucasian Knot" reported that servicemen from Dagestan periodically record video messages to the republic's authorities asking them to resolve various social and domestic issues. In particular, at the end of September 2025, SVO members complained to Melikov about the lack of sewage in Khasavyurt, and in December about the lack of gas in a house in Izberbash. In January, former SVO members stated in an appeal to the head of Dagestan that residents of the village of Ashaga-Yarak in the Khiva district had nowhere to graze their livestock as a result of the sale of pasture land. Such appeals are prompted by numerous problems in the republic and remain one of the ways to gain the attention of officials. Despite Melikov's statement that combatants are recording messages as a result of "manipulation," he will have to respond to them, analysts previously interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" indicated.