The authorities have recognized at least 9650 fighters from southern Russia as killed in Ukraine.

At least 4798 fighters from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4852 military personnel from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the special operation in Ukraine.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", as of August 16, the authorities and security forces have officially recognized at least 9600 military personnel from the North Caucasus Federal District (NCFD) and the Southern Federal District (SFD) as killed during the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine. The highest number of military casualties has been from Dagestan.

Since the beginning of the SMO in Ukraine, representatives of the authorities and security forces have recognized at least 9650 fighters from the southern regions of Russia and the republics of the North Caucasus as killed.

According to official data, at least 4798 fighters from the North Caucasus Federal District have died in the military operation.

The highest number of casualties among natives of the NCFD, as before, comes from Dagestan: 2086 fighters. The deaths of 973 military personnel from the Stavropol Krai, 591 from North Ossetia, 469 from Kabardino-Balkaria 1 , 265 from Chechnya 2 , 204 from Karachay-Cherkessia, and also 210 from Ingushetia have been confirmed.

Officially, 4852 military personnel from the SFD have been recognized as killed during the special operation. Among the regions of the SFD, the highest number of killed (1830) comes from the Volgograd region. Also recognized as killed are 982 military personnel from the Rostov region, 885 fighters from the Krasnodar Krai, 759 from the Astrakhan region, 255 from Kalmykia, and 141 from Adygea.

It should be noted that the actual losses among military personnel from the North Caucasus may be significantly higher than those officially recognized. This situation is characteristic of all regions of the NCFD, but is especially relevant for Chechnya. Ramzan Kadyrov called on regional leaders in February 2023 to not disclose the number of killed.

Let us recall that the first among the representatives of the authorities to report that a Russian military personnel was killed during the SMO was the former head of Dagestan Sergey Melikov. On February 26, 2022, he reported that officer Nurmagomed Gadzhimagomedov was killed in Ukraine.