11:16, 24 June 2026

Authorities have acknowledged that at least 9,300 soldiers from southern Russia were killed in Ukraine.

Special Operation. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.

At least 4,628 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,672 soldiers from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the special operation in Ukraine.

According to the "Caucasian Knot," as of June 14, government officials and security forces officially recognized at least 9,250 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District (NCFD) and the Southern Federal District (SFD) as killed during the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.

Neither state awards nor memorial plaques for those killed in the military operation guarantee their families state support, according to the "Caucasian Knot" article "Three Comrades Served: How the Authorities Are Depriving the Families of Killed Volunteers of Benefits," which tells the stories of soldiers from the Krasnodar region, killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

Since the beginning of the North Caucasus Military Operation, authorities and security forces have acknowledged at least 9,300 service members from southern Russia and the North Caucasus republics as killed.

According to official data, 4,628 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District have been killed in Ukraine. The largest number of fatalities occurred in Dagestan in 2015. The deaths of 589 soldiers from North Ossetia, 954 security personnel from Stavropol Krai, 265 fighters from Chechnya, 411 from Kabardino-Balkaria, 197 from Ingushetia, and 197 from Karachay-Cherkessia have been confirmed.

A total of 4,672 servicemen from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed during the special operation. According to government and security officials, 1,804 soldiers from the Volgograd Region, 899 from the Rostov Region, 849 from the Krasnodar Region, 748 from the Astrakhan Region, 139 from Adygea, and 233 from Kalmykia have been killed in the SVO zone.

The "Caucasian Knot" is maintaining a list of names of soldiers from the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts killed in the military operation in Ukraine. The list is based on data officially released by regional and municipal authorities and security agencies.

As a reminder, the first official to report the death of a Russian soldier in the SVO was former Dagestan leader Sergei Melikov. On February 26, 2022, he said that officer Nurmagomed Gadzimagomedov was killed in Ukraine.

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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/424368