Two soldiers from Dagestan were killed in the SVO zone.

Dmitry Popov and Mansur Magomedov from the Kizlyar district were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 1,981 Dagestani servicemen killed there.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," by June 11, officials and security forces had officially recognized at least 1,979 fighters from Dagestan as killed in Ukraine.

In the village of Krasnooktyabrskoye, on the house where Dmitry Popov lived, a memorial plaque was unveiled, and in the village of Novomonastyrskoye, a memorial plaque to Mansur Magomedov was unveiled, the Kizlyar District Administration reported on its Telegram channel.

Details of the soldiers' biographies and their deaths were not provided in the administration's statement.

Thus, at least 1,981 combatants from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed on the Ukrainian front. 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 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. Dagestan's head, Sergei Melikov, was the first government official to announce back in February 2022 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 the slain, according to the Caucasian Knot article "Three Comrades Served: How Authorities Are Depriving Families of Slain Volunteers of Benefits," which describes the stories of the slain soldiers. The mother of slain Dmitry Ukhanov, for example, said she searched for her son's body for four months, while administration and military registration and enlistment office staff inquired from her about the progress of the search without offering any assistance.