Eleven soldiers from the Rostov region were killed in Ukraine.

Pyotr Galushka, David Avtushenko, Rodion Dubolazov, and eight other fellow countrymen from Novoshakhtinsk were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 855 soldiers killed there.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," by February 6, at least 4,229 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,373 from the Southern Federal District, including 844 soldiers from the Rostov Region, had been officially recognized as killed in Ukraine.

The names of 11 servicemen were released from a report by the Novoshakhtinsk administration on the transfer of posthumous awards to their relatives.

Seven Novoshakhtinsk residents killed in Ukraine—Sergey Golub, Vladimir Voronkov, Sergey Krasilnikov, Dmitry Tkachenko, Alexey Savelyev, Maxim Apanasenko, and Rodion Dubolazov—were posthumously awarded the Order of Courage.

Four more of those killed were posthumously awarded medals: David Avtushenko's family received the Medal for Courage, Petr Galushka received the Zhukov Medal, and Sergey Vystavkin received the Suvorov Medal. Alexey Serdyukov's family received the Medal for Bravery, 2nd Class.

The ages of the servicemen and their biographical details were not provided in the official statement.

Thus, at least 855 soldiers from the Rostov Region have been officially recognized as killed on the Ukrainian front. 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 security agencies, according to a "Caucasian Knot" report, "NVO Statistics: Losses Are Growing in Southern Russia."

In February, the Novoshakhtinsk administration reported the posthumous awarding of four combatants killed in Ukraine—among them, Yevgeny Lavrenyuk, Aleksandr Trampoltsev, Yevgeny Yakovtsov, and Denis Popolitov.

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 soldiers from other regions. "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.