Two fighters from Dagestan were killed in a military operation.

Farkhat Tagirov and Aziz Makhmudov were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,923 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," by May 9, officials and security forces had recognized at least 1,921 fighters from Dagestan as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

Farkhat Tagirov and Aziz Makhmudov were killed in the military operation, the Tabasaran District Administration reported. Farkhat Tagirov was 42 years old. He graduated from Yersinskaya Secondary School in 2002 and entered the Military Transport University of Railway Troops in St. Petersburg. After graduating, he began his service in Krasnoyarsk. On May 24, 2024, he voluntarily signed a contract and was sent to the special military operation zone. He served as a communications platoon commander and was killed on February 24, 2026, on the outskirts of Otradnoye in the Kharkiv region. Aziz Makhmudov, born in 1999 in the village of Yersi, lived in the Bryansk region. After finishing school, he enlisted in the Russian Armed Forces with the rank of sergeant. After completing his conscript service, he served under contract in Chechnya, in the National Guard troops. His unit sent him to study at the Zhukov St. Petersburg Military Institute of the National Guard Troops. After two years of study, in April 2023, Aziz volunteered for the SVO zone. He served in Akhmat for a year and a half, then, after leave, he signed a contract again and trained as an unmanned aerial system operator. He was killed on December 30, 2025, on the outskirts of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Thus, at least 1,921 servicemen from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation.

13:40 09.05.2026

The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has exceeded 9,100

At least 4,494 fighters from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,607 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

The "Caucasian Knot" maintains a list of names of natives of the North Caucasus Federal District and the Southern Federal District 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 "North Caucasian Federal District Statistics: Casualties Risen in Southern Russia."

In April, the administration of Dagestan's Tabasaran District reported that Abdulmutelim Ramazanov and Shikh Mekhtiyev had been killed in the North Caucasian Federal District.

Dagestan ranks first among the regions of the North Caucasian Federal District in the number of those killed, whose names have been officially released by the authorities. Dagestan's head, Sergei 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.

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. In particular, the widow of one of the killed soldiers said that without a body, the battalion did not make any payments in connection with the death of the soldier.