The names of the soldiers killed in the SVO zone from the Astrakhan region have been announced.

Daniil Kulagin, Ildar Batkayev, Alexander Amosov, and eight other fighters were killed in the military operation in Ukraine. Since its beginning, at least 699 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as killed.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," by February 4, authorities and security forces had recognized at least 688 fighters from the Astrakhan region as killed in the SVO zone.

Daniil Kulagin, a participant in the special military operation, is buried in the village of Staro-Volzhsky. He was born on March 23, 2005. After high school, he studied at the College of Construction and Economics at the Astrakhan State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, specializing in welder training and working as a fisherman.

In 2024, he signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Ikryaninsky District Administration reported on February 6.

Also in December 2025 - January 2026, district authorities reported that Ildar Batkayev and Alexander Amosov, Dmitry Dokuchayev, Artem Subbotin, Andrey Zabaznov, Dmitry Vasiliev, Valery Simonov, Konstantin Derzhavin, Alexander Boyarkin, and Gennady Ovsyannikov were killed in the SVO zone.

Thus, at least 699 soldiers from the Astrakhan Region have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation.

The death of a soldier from the Ikryaninsky District was previously reported on January 19. Then the authorities reported that Alexei Paramonov had been killed in the military operation. .

16:42 06.02.2026

More than 8,600 fighters from southern Russia have been officially recognized as killed in the North Caucasus Military District.

At least 4,229 fighters from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,373 from the Southern Federal District have been recognized by authorities and security forces as killed during the military operation in Ukraine.

"Caucasian Knot" maintains a list of names of natives of the North Caucasus Federal District and the Southern Federal District 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 "NVO Statistics: Losses Are Mounting for Southern Russia."

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. Families said it took months to find the bodies of the dead.

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