The authorities of Novoshakhtinsk named the seven soldiers killed in the zone of the special military operation.

Evgeny Nikitin, Andrey Derevyanko, and five other fighters were killed in a military operation in Ukraine. Since its beginning, at least 1038 fighters from the Rostov region have been officially recognized as killed.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", the authorities and security forces announced that at least 1031 fighters from the Rostov region were killed in the zone of the special military operation.

Evgeny Nikitin, Andrey Derevyanko, Ali Amoev, Vitaly Beshenov, Kirill Popovich, Dmitry Maksimtsev, and Alexander Chekryzhev were killed in a military operation in Ukraine, reported the administration of Novoshakhtinsk on its Telegram channel, while accounting for the transfer of posthumous awards to the families of the fighters.

Thus, at least 1038 fighters from the Rostov region have been officially recognized as killed in the zone of the special military operation.

The "Caucasian Knot" maintains a named list of natives from the North Caucasus Federal District and Southern Federal District who were 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 report of the "Caucasian Knot" "Statistics of the special military operation: losses are increasing for southern Russia".

At the beginning of October, the administration of Novoshakhtinsk reported that Artem Zhabotinsky, Dmitry Aliev, and Maxim Belobayev were killed.

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 of the "Caucasian Knot" "Three comrades served: how the authorities deprive the families of killed volunteers of benefits", which describes the stories of the killed fighters. "I receive only 12 thousand rubles a month for two minor children as a family of military pensioners," said, in particular, the widow of one of the killed.