Losses in southern Russia in Ukraine exceed 8,800 people.

At least 4,326 servicemen from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,478 from the Southern Federal District were killed in the fighting in Ukraine, according to official reports from administrations and security agencies.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," by February 28, government and security officials had officially recognized that at least 8,751 soldiers from southern Russia had been killed in Ukraine: 4,297 from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,454 from the Southern Federal District.

North Caucasus Military District Statistics: Casualties Mounting in Southern Russia

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 in accordance with current laws and based on data provided by officials—from governors to village heads—as well as representatives of law enforcement agencies.

By March 5, officials and representatives of law enforcement agencies had publicly named at least 8,804 soldiers from southern Russia killed in Ukraine, according to the "Caucasian Knot" count. Of these, 4,478 were from the Southern Federal District, and 4,326 from the North Caucasus Federal District.

In the North Caucasus Federal District, Dagestan consistently leads the way in the number of soldiers killed in Ukraine (1,837). There are 918 of them in Stavropol Krai, and 561 in North Ossetia.

The deaths of at least 381 soldiers from Kabardino-Balkaria 1 and 258 combatants from Chechnya 2 have been reliably confirmed. According to official reports, the names of 190 soldiers from Karachay-Cherkessia and 181 from Ingushetia are known.

Among the regions of the Southern Federal District, the highest human losses were recorded in the Volgograd Region - authorities have released data on at least 1,707 killed. In the Rostov Region, 867 servicemen have been officially reported killed, 833 in Kuban, and 718 in the Astrakhan Region. At least 217 are killed in Kalmykia, and 136 are known in Adygea.

In November, the "Caucasian Knot" learned that at least six residents of the village of Goyty in the Urus-Martan district of Chechnya were killed in the combat zone in Ukraine on the same day. This once again confirms that the republic's authorities are releasing extremely limited data on losses at the front - the names of Goyty residents killed as early as September 19, 2025, were not reflected in the statistics of officially confirmed military deaths.

The first government official to report the death of a Russian soldier in the SVO zone was the head of Dagestan, Sergey Melikov. On February 26, 2022, he reported that officer Nurmagomed Gadzimagomedov had been killed in Ukraine.

The "Caucasian Knot" also reported that 18-year-old Said Murtazaliev from Dagestan was tortured by security forces in the Moscow region, to sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense. In the combat zone, commanders forced him to collect money, after which the young man was declared missing. "I myself was sent to the assault, where Comrade 'Spartak' said he'd received an order to erase me," Murtazaliev said in his final video message sent to his mother. State awards, memorial plaques, and appearances on Channel One do not guarantee state support for the families of the slain, according to the Caucasian Knot article "Three Comrades Served: How the Authorities Are Depriving the Families of Slain Volunteers of Benefits," which describes the stories of the slain soldiers. "He has two Orders of Courage. But no official honors have been bestowed upon his family," a relative of one of them said.