A warrant officer from Dagestan was killed in the SVO zone.

Suleiman Zakaryayev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 1,766 Dagestani servicemen killed there.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 1,765 Dagestani servicemen killed there. On November 27, 2025, the Kaspiysk administration reported on five soldiers killed.

The name of another Dagestani soldier killed in Ukraine was released by the Dagestan State Military Commission.

A ceremony was held at the Aliyeva Central Library in Kaspiysk to present the Order of Courage (posthumously) to the relatives of Senior Warrant Officer Suleiman Magomedovich Zakaryaev, a participant in the Special Military Operations (SVO), the statement said.

The event was attended by Deputy Head of Kaspiysk Guseyn Unkilov, Military Commissar of Kaspiysk Marat Pashayev, and other officials, the library administration reported on its VKontakte page.

Thus, at least 1,766 servicemen 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 is compiled in accordance with current laws and based on data provided by officials—from governors to village heads—as well as representatives of law enforcement agencies.

According to the "Caucasian Knot," as of January 1, government officials and law enforcement agencies have officially recognized at least 8,400 fighters from southern Russia as killed in the military operation: 4,151 from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,249 from the Southern Federal District. For several years, Dagestan has ranked first among the North Caucasus Federal District regions in the number of those killed, whose names have been officially released by the authorities. Back in February 2022, the head of Dagestan, Sergey Melikov, was the first government official to declare that a Russian soldier had been killed in Ukraine, acknowledging the death of officer Nurmagomed Gadzimagomedov.