A Dagestani soldier was killed in the SVO zone.
Ibrahim Abdulkerimov from the Kizlyar district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 1,998 Dagestani servicemen killed there.According to the "Caucasian Knot," by June 18, government officials and security agencies had officially recognized at least 1,997 fighters from Dagestan as killed in Ukraine.
A memorial plaque to Ibrahim Abdulkerimov, killed in the military operation, was unveiled at a school in the village of Aleksandriysky, the Kizlyar District Administration reported on its VKontakte page.
The administration did not provide details about the fighter's biography or his death in the statement.
Thus, at least 1,998 combatants from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed on the Ukrainian front. "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 the "Caucasian Knot" report "Northeastern Military District Statistics: Casualties Are Growing in Southern Russia."
In early May, the Kizlyar District administration reported that Ilyas Kurbanov and Dmitry Isakin had been killed in the military operation.
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. Sergei Melikov, who led Dagestan in February 2022, was the first government official to announce 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. Thus, the mother of the murdered Dmitry Ukhanov said that she searched for her son's body for four months, and the administration and military registration and enlistment office staff inquired from her about the progress of the search without providing any assistance.