Four fighters from the Rostov region were killed in Ukraine

Dmitry Khotin, Roman Shandra, and two of their fellow countrymen from the Salsky District were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have named at least 915 Don military personnel killed there.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", as of June 29, authorities and security forces officially recognized at least 911 military personnel from the Rostov region as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

The administration of the Salsky District reported on the awarding of medals to the relatives of the four fighters killed in the military operation on their page on "VKontakte".

Posthumously awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky with swords was Guards Senior Sergeant Dmitry Khotin, Private Roman Shandra received the Zhukov Medal, and the Suvorov Medals were awarded to Corporal Daniil Evstafiev and Private Grigory Dotsenko.

Thus, at least 915 fighters from the Rostov region 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 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 "Caucasian Knot" report "Statistics of the Special Military Operation: losses are increasing for southern Russia".

In early March, the administration of the Salsky District reported that Nikolai Shurkhovetsky, Denis Lazarev, and Viktor Fedorovsky were killed in Ukraine.

State awards, memorial plaques, and appearances on "Channel One" do not guarantee support from the state for the families of the killed, according to the material from "Caucasian Knot" "Three comrades served: how authorities deprive families of killed volunteers of benefits", which describes the stories of fighters from other regions. "The combat veteran certificate was issued only because Vasily managed to serve in the Airborne Forces for three months under contract from the military unit in Odintsovo," said, in particular, a relative of one of them.