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List of deaths during the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)

Many notable Ukrainians, Russians and other nationals died during the Russo-Ukrainian war since the 2022 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

2022

2023

  • On 8 January, Colonel Chief of the Special Forces of the Ukrainian State Border Service was killed in Soledar.
  • On 15 January, Grygorii Tsekhmistrenko, a Canadian volunteer medic of Ukrainian origin, Euromaidan participant and member of the International Legion was killed in Bakhmut.
  • On 15 January, , an athlete, was killed in Bakhmut.
  • On 23 January, , a figure skater, drafted into the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was killed in Bakhmut.
  • On 26 January, Eduard Lobau (Lobov), a Belarusian activist and volunteer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was killed in Vuhledar.
  • On 22 February, a British military public figure and author of military books, James Gerard Richard Shortt was killed fighting for the International Legion in Ukraine.
  • On 6 March, Major , battalion commander in the 80th Air Assault Brigade and a veteran of the 2014 war, was killed by a Russian airstrike in Chasiv Yar.
  • 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.
  • On 28 March, , pilot and First Deputy Commander of a Squadron of the 831st Tactical Aviation Brigade, was killed when his Su-27 fighter aircraft was hit in the air by a Russian Shahed 136 (Geran-2) drone.
  • On 31 March, Vitaly Merinov, four-time world champion in kickboxing, died during the battle of Bakhmut.

2024

  • On 7 January, Maksym Kryvtsov, Ukrainian poet and military volunteer, was killed in battle in Kharkiv Oblast.
  • On 28 January, Ruslan Pomirchiy, a Deputy of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Council, for the Svoboda party, was killed in Kupyansk.
  • On 31 January, , who was the European and World Champion in powerlifting, as well as a winner of "The Strongest Man of Ukraine", was killed in battle.
  • 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.

2025

  • On 30 January, Battalion Commander of the 79th Air Assault Brigade was killed while deployed in the Prokovsk front.
  • On 5 February, Maksym Yemets Ukrainian poet, soldier and veteran of the War in Donbas was killed in Pokrovsk.
  • On 5 March, Volodymir Stogniy, Battalion Commander of the 37th Marine Brigade was killed in battle.
  • On 13 April, Bohdan Lysenko, journalist during the War in Donbas and later officer in the Ukrainian Army, was killed by enemy fire.
  • On 13 April, Colonel , Brigade Commander of the 27th Rocket Artillery Brigade was killed in a missile attack on Sumy.
  • On 20 April, Andriy Dziuban, coach and Master in Thai boxing martial art and weightlifting was killed while fighting for the 82nd Separate Airborne Assault Brigade in Sudzhansky, Kursk Oblast.
  • On 12 May, Senior Lt. , Ukrainian actor and TV presenter turned soldier was killed in the front.
  • On 6 June, Col. Oleg Nomerovsky, military officer of the TCR of Odessa was killed in a car bomb attack.
  • On 8 June, Vladyslav Gorai, Ukrainian Opera tenor and soldier was killed in Sumy oblast.
  • On 12 June, Ukrainian National team of water polo member and HUR member, Rodion "Gene" Pustovoi was killed in Sumy.
  • On 15 June, Yurii Felipenko, TV actor and celebrity turned soldier was killed in the Prokovsk front.
  • On 22 June, Lt Col. Vano Nadiradze, Georgian Voluntier and head of Special Operations Forces was reported dead by a heart attack.
  • On 1 July, a Russian missile strike, likely an Iskander-M missile, killed multiple people in , Dnipro Oblast including:
  • Col. Brigade Commander of the 110th Mechanized Brigade
  • Dmitry Romaniuk, Deputy Commander of the 110th Mechanized Brigade
  • Lt. Col Valery Mirzayev, Chief of Staff of the 110th Mechanized Brigade
  • On 10 July, a SBU senior intelligence officer, Col. Ivan Voronych, veteran since the 2014 War in Donbas, was shot and killed at daylight in Kyiv by an unidentified assailant.
  • On 19 July, Ukrainian Army Col. , aviator and President of Odessa Aviation Club was killed during a combat mission.
  • On 22 July, Col. Commander of the Liut Brigade was killed in a road accident in Donetsk.
  • On 10 August, David Chichkan artist and anarco-activist was killed by Russian fire in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
  • On 10 August, Bogdan Koltsov member of the DeepStateMap.Live team that monitor the territorial control of the war was killed in Novopavlovka.
  • On 30 August, Yuri Chikatilo, son of Andrei Chikatilo, an infamous serial killer in the Soviet Union, was killed while fighting for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
  • On 10 September, Denis Furtas, sportsman and World Champion in Savate Kickboxing was killed in the Kupyansk front.

2026

  • On 15 February, Dmytro Rusetzkyi, Kickboxing champion was killed while fighting in Sumy Oblast.
  • On 26 February, , journalist and political figure was reported killed.
  • On 9 March, Col. Oleksandr Dovhach, Brigade Commamder of the 39th TABwas shot down amd killed during a combat mission while flying on his Su-27.

Ukrainian civilians and journalists

2022

  • On 5 March Ukrainian banker and itelligence officer Denys Kireyev was killed by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).
  • On 7 March, Mayor of Hostomel, Yuriy Prylypko, was killed by Russian forces.
  • On 17 March, Artem Datsyshyn, a ballet dancer, died from injuries suffered on 26 February from Russian shelling in Kyiv.
  • On 17 March, Yevhen Obedinsky, a member of the Ukrainian Olympic water polo team, died in the Siege of Mariupol.
  • On 18 March, Borys Romanchenko, a Holocaust survivor, was killed in a shelling attack in Kharkiv.
  • On 18 March, Oksana Shvets, an actress, died in a shelling attack on a Kyiv residential building.
  • On 23 March, the Mayor of Motyzhyn, Olga Sukhenko, was killed by Russian forces.
  • On 29 March, Natalia Kharakoz, a journalist and writer killed during the Siege of Mariupol. She made history as the first woman from Mariupol to join the National Writers' Union of Ukraine (NSPU).
  • On 31 March, Oleksiy Tsybko, a rugby union player, was killed by Russian forces.
  • 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.
  • On 6 April, Kateryna Diachenko, an 10-year old rhythmic gymnast, and her father, was killed during the Siege of Mariupol.
  • On 28 April, Vira Hyrych, a journalist, was killed by Russian shelling in Kyiv.
  • 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.
  • On 30 April, Lyubov Panchenko, a fashion designer, died of starvation in Bucha.
  • 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.
  • On 12 October, Yurii Kerpatenko, principal conductor of the , was killed by Russian forces in his home in Kherson.

2023

2024

  • On 20 July, Iryna Farion, a former deputy of the Rada, and controversial figure was killed.
  • On 29 September, Victoria Roshchyna, a journalist, was killed while in Russian detention.

2025

Foreign civilians and journalists

Russian and DPR/LPR military

2022

2023

  • On 8 February, Captain Igor Mangushev succumbed to his injuries after being shot in the back of the head while in Luhansk Oblast four days earlier.
  • On 28 April, The New Voice of Ukraine reported that three winners of the Russian tank biathlon, Maxim Zharko, Bato Basanov, and Alexey Bakulo had been killed in Ukraine.
  • On 12 June, Major General Sergey Goryachev, Chief of Staff of the 35th Combined Arms Army, was allegedly killed by a missile strike in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
  • On 11 July, Lieutenant general Oleg Tsokov was killed by a missile strike during the Ukrainian counteroffensive.

2025

  • On 9 March, Alexander Petlinsky, a 18-years old student at Chelyabinsk Medical College was killed. The first known death of a Russian soldier born in 2007.
  • On 2 July Major General Mikhail Gudkov Commander of the 155 Guards Naval Infantry Brigade and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy was killed by a Ukrainian missile strike in Kursk Oblast, Russia.

Pro-Russian Ukrainian civilians

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