The name of the killed soldier from Kalmykia has been announced.

Maxim Emelyanenko from Elista was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, authorities and security forces have acknowledged at least 267 fighters from Kalmykia as killed.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", by September 30, authorities and security forces acknowledged at least 266 fighters as killed in the special military operation in Ukraine.

Maxim Emelyanenko was born in Elista on May 18, 1993. He studied at Elista Secondary School No. 10. In 2011, he was drafted for compulsory military service, serving in Kaliningrad in a motorized rifle regiment, where he completed his service with the rank of junior sergeant, reported the state news agency "Kalmykia".

In 2024, he decided to volunteer for the special operation zone as a UAV operator, later being transferred to reconnaissance. He underwent a week of training and was appointed as the group leader with the call sign "Dobry". On December 26, 2025, he was killed by a drone strike.

Thus, at least 267 combatants from Kalmykia have been officially recognized as killed on the Ukrainian front. "Caucasian Knot" maintains a named list of natives from the North Caucasus Federal District and Southern Federal District who have been killed in the military operation. The list is compiled based on data officially announced by representatives of the authorities and security agencies, according to the report from "Caucasian Knot" "Statistics of the Special Military Operation: losses for southern Russia are increasing".

Earlier, it became known that in the military operation fighter Alexander Burlutkin from Elista was killed.

State awards, memorial plaques, and appearances on "Channel One" do not guarantee support from the state for the families of the killed, as stated in the material from "Caucasian Knot" "Three comrades served: how authorities deprive families of killed volunteers of benefits", which describes the stories of killed fighters. "He has two Orders of Courage. "I receive only twelve thousand rubles a month for two minor children as a family of military pensioners," complains the wife of Vasily Shtylun, who received five million rubles for her husband killed in 2022 from the "Veterans" unit.