Two soldiers from Dagestan were killed in Ukraine.

Baru Abdusalamov and Abdulgamid Saidgasanov from the Tabasaran district were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 1,928 combatants from Dagestan killed there.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," by May 11, officials and security forces acknowledged at least 1,926 servicemen from Dagestan killed in combat in Ukraine.

The names of two more natives of Dagestan killed in Ukraine were revealed in a report by the district administration on the unveiling of memorial plaques at a school in the village of Sirtych. Magomed Kurbanov, head of the Tabasaran district, participated in the event, according to a statement from the municipal administration.

The slain Baru Abdusalamov and Abdulgamid Saidgasanov were graduates of the Sirtych school. "About 300 people from the village of Sirtych alone serve in the SVO zone," the official said at the ceremony.

Baru Abdusalamov, a guard senior warrant officer, served in Syria from 2015 to 2016, for which he received a medal. He participated in combat operations in Ukraine from 2022. He was killed during the fighting on January 20, 2026, and was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage.

Abdulgamid Saidgasanov graduated from high school in 2014, then served in the army, and then signed a contract. He served two contracts with the rank of junior sergeant, then worked in the civil service, but in 2024 he signed a contract again, and in March 2025 he was sent to the war zone in Ukraine. He was killed on January 24, 2026, and posthumously awarded the Order of Courage, according to a statement on the administration's official Telegram channel.

Thus, at least 1,928 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed in Ukraine.

13:40 May 9, 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 law enforcement agencies, according to a "Caucasian Knot" report, "Northeastern Military District Statistics: Casualties Are Growing in Southern Russia."

On May 11, the Tabasaran District Administration reported that a memorial plaque to Ruslan Alimuradov, killed in the Zaporizhzhia Region in the summer of 2025, was unveiled at the Gasik School.

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. 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 the Authorities Are Depriving the 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.