Three soldiers from Dagestan were killed in Ukraine.

Teimur Musayev and two of his fellow countrymen from the Suleiman-Stalsky district were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 1,992 Dagestani servicemen killed there.

According to the "Caucasian Knot," by June 17, government and security officials had officially acknowledged at least 1,989 fighters from Dagestan killed in Ukraine.

The names of three more Dagestani servicemen killed in Ukraine were released by Said Temirkhanov, head of the Suleiman-Stalsky district. The official reported the presentation of posthumous awards to the fighters' relatives.

Teimur Musayev from Kasumkent was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage. His fellow countryman, Sefikhan Kasumov, also from Kasumkent, was posthumously awarded the Suvorov Medal, and German Alibekov from the village of Eminhure was posthumously awarded the Medal "For Bravery," according to a post on the district administration's official Telegram channel.

According to the district administration's head, Alibekov participated in counterterrorism operations in the North Caucasus, for which he received the Suvorov Medal back in the early 2000s, the post notes. Officials do not provide biographical details of the other killed soldiers.

Thus, at least 1,992 combatants from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed on the Ukrainian front. "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 security agencies, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "Northeastern Military District Statistics: Casualties Are Growing in Southern Russia."

Earlier, the Suleiman-Stalsky District administration reported that Sirazhutdin Agalarov, Leonard Gasanov, and Elmar Tagiev had been killed 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. Sergei Melikov, who led Dagestan in February 2022, was the first government official to announce that a Russian soldier had been killed in Ukraine, acknowledging the death of officer Nurmagomed Gadzimagomedov.

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 Authorities Are Depriving Families of Killed Volunteers of Benefits," which describes the stories of the slain soldiers. "As a family of military pensioners, I receive only twelve thousand rubles a month for two minor children," complains the wife of Vasily Shtylun, who received five million rubles from the Veterans unit for her husband, who was killed in 2022.