A combatant from the Astrakhan region was killed during a military operation.

Andrey Makhmudov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 677 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as killed.

According to the "Caucasian Knot," by January 11, at least 676 fighters from the Astrakhan region had been officially recognized as killed in the military operation, including the reported death of Alexander Syzranov.

22-year-old Andrey Makhmudov was born in the village of Ikryanoye. After graduating from high school, he entered the Astrakhan State College of Professional Technologies, specializing in auto mechanics. He worked on the Ikryanoye-Beketovka ferry crossing. He then left for work in northern Russia. In 2025, he signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense, according to the website of the Ikryaninsky District Administration of the Astrakhan Region, which reported on the soldier's funeral.

Thus, at least 677 soldiers from the Astrakhan Region have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation. "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 announced by government officials and law enforcement agencies, according to the Caucasian Knot report "NVO Statistics: Losses Are Growing for the South of Russia".

According to the Caucasian Knot, by January 9, government officials and law enforcement agencies had officially recognized no more than 8,450 fighters from the south of Russia as killed in the military operation: no less 4,172 soldiers 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. The head of Dagestan, Sergey Melikov, was the first government official to announce back in February 2022 that a Russian soldier had been killed in Ukraine, acknowledging the death of officer Nurmagomed Gadzimagomedov.