04:17, 2 October 2025

Eight soldiers from the Rostov region were killed in Ukraine.

Murad Gashimov, Artur Martirosov, Ferdinand Bekker, and five other soldiers from the Salsky District were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 719 combatants from the Rostov Region killed there.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," by September 28, government and security officials had officially acknowledged that at least 7,500 soldiers from southern Russia, including 711 from the Rostov Region, had been killed in the military operation.

The names of eight soldiers from the Rostov Region killed in Ukraine were announced on October 1 by the Salsky District administration, which reported the presentation of awards to their relatives.

Ferdinand Becker signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense in 2024 and was killed in action on October 20, 2024, as a private. Sergei Belousov, also a private, was sent to the front in October 2023 as part of a partial mobilization and was killed in action on June 17, 2024. Artur Martirosov and Murad Gashimov, both privates, signed contracts in 2023 and were killed in March and December 2024, respectively. Contract soldier Alexei Pintilii, holding the rank of private, participated in military operations in Ukraine from February 2022 and was killed in action on January 4, 2025. Junior Sergeant Maxim Lebedev signed a military contract in 2023 and was killed in March 2025. All six were awarded the Order of Courage, according to a statement on the municipality's official Telegram channel.

Two more of those killed, privates Sergei Verle and Sergei Levdansky, were awarded Suvorov medals. Both signed contracts in 2024; Verle was killed in August of that year, and Levdansky in November.

Thus, at least 719 soldiers from the Rostov region have been officially recognized as killed in the war zone in Ukraine. The "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 "NVO Statistics: Losses Are Growing in Southern Russia".

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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/415934