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List of deaths during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

List of deaths during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Many notable Ukrainians, Russians and other nationals died during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, either while serving in the armed forces or as civilian casualties.

Those proven to have died as a result of the war include:

Ukrainian military

Funeral of captain Oleksandr Korpan on 7 March 2022

2022

Col Oleksandr Oksachenko from 831st Tactical Aviation Brigade and winner of European Air shows.
Lt. Gen Artem Kotenko, Ukrainian General killed on 3 November 2022.
Chief ideologue and founder of Azov Battalion Mykola Kravchenko
Aliaksiej Skoblia, Deputy Commander of Belarusian Kastuś Kalinoŭski Battalion killed in the battle of Kyiv

2023

  • On 8 January, Colonel Yuryi Oleksandrovych Yurczyk [uk] Chief of the Special Forces of the Ukrainian State Border Service was killed in Soledar.[65]
  • On 14 January, Hryhoriy Tsekhmistrenko [uk], a Canadian volunteer medic of Ukrainian origin, Euromaidan participant and member of the International Legion was killed in Bakhmut.[66]
  • On 15 January, Taras Strakhiv [uk], an athlete, was killed in Bakhmut.[67]
  • On 23 January, Dmytro Sharpar [uk], a figure skater, drafted into the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was killed in Bakhmut.[68]
  • On 26 January, Eduard Lobau (Lobov), a Belarusian[69] activist and volunteer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was killed in Vuhledar.[70]
  • On 22 February, a British military public figure and author of military books, James Gerard Richard Shortt[71] was killed fighting for the International Legion in Ukraine.[72]
  • On 6 March, Major Andriy Lukanyuk [uk], battalion commander in the 80th Air Assault Brigade and a veteran of the 2014 war, was killed by a Russian airstrike in Chasiv Yar.[73][74]
  • On 7 March, Dmytro Kotsiubailo, leader of the Right Sector paramilitary group, commander of the 1st Mechanized Battalion and 2021 recipient of the Hero of Ukraine, known by the nickname "Da Vinci", was killed in Bakhmut.[75]
  • On 28 March, Denys Kirilyuk [uk], a Ukrainian pilot, was killed when his Su-27 fighter aircraft was hit in the air by a Russian Shahed 136 (Geran-2) drone.[76]
  • On 31 March, Vitaly Merinov, four-time world champion in kickboxing, died during the battle of Bakhmut.[77]
Ukrainian Parliamentarian Oleh Barna killed in Vuhledar

2024

  • On 7 January, Maksym Kryvtsov, Ukrainian poet and military volunteer, was killed in battle.[99]
  • On 28 January, Ruslan Pomirchiy, a Deputy of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Council, for the Svoboda party, was killed in Kupyansk.[100]
  • On 5 February, Ukrainian soldier Bogdan Borodai son of the Member of the Buchanski Civilian Council that denounced the killings of Bucha, was killed in Bakhmut.[101]
  • On February, Oleksandr Bilokon, who was the European and World Champion in powerlifting, aswell as a winner of "The Strongest Man of Ukraine", was killed in battle.[102][103][104]
  • On 15 March, Oleksandr Hostyshchev, Commander of the ''Tsunami Batalion'' [uk] of the Liut Brigade, and former Head of Patrol of the National Police of Odesa, was killed by a Russian strike in Odesa.[105]
  • On 15 March, Dmitry Abramenko, the Deputy Chief of the National Police of Odessa, died in Russian strikes.[106]
  • On 15 March, Serhii Tetyukhin, former Deputy Mayor of Odessa, was killed in Odesa.[107]
  • On 27 March, Andriy Antonyshchak a politician and former member of Verkhovna Rada during Piotr Poroshenko government (2014–2019) died by wounds suffered in battle.[108]

Ukrainian civilians and journalists

2022

Oleksiy Vadaturskyi agricultural and logistic businessman died in Mykolaiv
  • On 23 March, the Mayor of Motyzhyn, Olga Sukhenko, was killed by Russian forces.[114]
  • On 31 March, Oleksiy Tsybko, a rugby union player, was killed by Russian forces.[115]
  • On 2 April, the Prosecutor General's office announced the death of photographer Maks Levin due to Russian small-arms fire outside Kyiv. He had disappeared on 13 March.[116]
  • On 28 April, Vira Hyrych, a journalist, was killed by Russian shelling in Kyiv.[117]
  • On 29 April, the Mariupol City Council reported that Alina Peregudova, 14, who won gold at Ukraine's national weightlifting championship in 2021 and was on course to represent Ukraine at the Olympics, was killed by Russian shelling in Mariupol. Her mother was also killed in the attack.[118][119]
  • On 30 April, Lyubov Panchenko, a fashion designer, died of starvation in Bucha.[120][121]
  • On 31 July, Oleksiy Vadaturskyi, an agricultural and grain logistics businessman and the founder of Nibulon, the largest grain logistic company in Ukraine, was killed by Russian shelling in Mykolaiv. His wife was also killed in the attack.[122]
  • On 12 October, Yurii Kerpatenko, principal conductor of the Mykola Kulish Music and Drama Theatre [uk], was killed by Russian forces in his home in Kherson.[123][124]

2023

Ministry of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrsky killed in a helicopter accident on 18 January 2023

Foreign civilians and journalists

Russian and DPR/LPR military

Russian postage stamp honoring a soldier killed in Ukraine who was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation

2022

Col. Vladimir Zhoga from Pro Russian separatist forces Sparta Battalion

2023

Pro-Russian Ukrainian civilians

See also


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