Five soldiers from Tuapse were killed in Ukraine.
Dmitry Ibneev, Artur Kachkanyan, and three of their fellow countrymen from the Tuapse district were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have named at least 849 soldiers from Kuban killed there.
As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," by June 3, officials and security forces officially recognized at least 4,550 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,652 from the Southern Federal District as killed in Ukraine, including 844 servicemen from Krasnodar Krai.
The names of five servicemen killed in Ukraine were announced by Sergei Boyko, head of the Tuapse Municipal District, while reporting on the transfer of posthumous awards to their relatives.
Privates Ovanes Tozliyan and Mikhail Sokolov, Sergeant Vladimir Grichenkov, and Senior Warrant Officer Dmitry Ibneyev were posthumously awarded the Order of Courage. Another soldier, Guards Private Artur Kachkanyan, was posthumously awarded the Medal "For Distinction in Combat," according to the official's Telegram channel.
Thus, at least 849 combatants from the Krasnodar Krai have been officially recognized as killed. "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 law enforcement agencies, according to the Caucasian Knot report "Northern Military District Statistics: Casualties Mounting in Southern Russia."
The local administration reported the death of Private Artem Khinchin from the Tuapse District in Ukraine at the end of May.
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 report "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 retired military personnel, I receive only twelve thousand rubles a month for my two minor children," said the widow of one of them.