A fighter from North Ossetia was killed in Ukraine.

Alan Tsarikayev from the Irafsky District was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 540 combatants from North Ossetia killed there.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," by January 9, officials and security forces had officially acknowledged at least 4,172 fighters from the North Caucasus Federal District, including 538 from North Ossetia, killed in the combat zone in Ukraine. On January 12, the Irafsky District administration announced the name of another killed person – 33-year-old Astana Nadgeriev.

Alan Tsarikayev from the Irafsky District was killed in the combat zone in Ukraine. His funeral will take place on Thursday, January 15, the municipal administration announced.

Tsarikayev turned 40 in 2025. The serviceman's funeral will be held in the village of Chikola, according to a post on the official Telegram channel. Officials did not provide details about the soldier's biography or the date of his death.

Thus, at least 540 soldiers from North Ossetia have been officially recognized as killed in Ukraine. 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 based on data officially released by government officials and law enforcement agencies, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "NVO Statistics: Losses Are Growing for Southern Russia."

The Irafsky District administration reports on fellow countrymen killed in Ukraine less frequently than authorities in other districts of the republic. In November, they announced the name of one person killed – 22-year-old David Salagaev from the village of Surkh-Digora.

"Caucasian Knot" also wrote that at least six residents of the village of Goyty in the Urus-Martan district of Chechnya were killed in the combat zone in Ukraine on the same day, but the republic's authorities rarely release data on casualties at the front.