Eight soldiers from the Rostov region were killed in Ukraine.

Andrey Levchenko, Alexey Beskorovayny, Nikolay Kotov, and five other of their fellow countrymen were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 882 servicemen from the Rostov region killed there.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," by March 21, officials and security forces had officially recognized at least 4,519 soldiers from the Southern Federal District killed in Ukraine, including 874 from the Rostov region.

The Novoshakhtinsk administration released the names of eight more servicemen killed in Ukraine, reporting the presentation of posthumous awards to their relatives.

The killed were Alexander Yesin, Anatoly Polev, Anton Gresev, Maxim Losev, Alexander Ivanov, Andrey Levchenko, Alexey Beskorovayny, and Nikolay Kotov. All were posthumously awarded the Order of Courage, according to the municipality's official Telegram channel.

The ages and biographical details of the killed officials were not provided in the statement.

Thus, at least 882 soldiers from the Rostov region have been officially recognized as killed on the Ukrainian front. "Caucasian Knot" maintains a list of names of natives of the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts killed in the military operation. The list was compiled based on data officially released by government officials and law enforcement agencies, according to the Caucasian Knot report "NVO Statistics: Losses Are Mounting for Southern Russia".

Earlier, the Novoshakhtinsk administration reported on the posthumous awarding of nine soldiers, including Andrei Sobolev, Yuri Zolotykh, and Maxim Kuznetsov.

State awards, memorial plaques, and appearances on Channel One do not guarantee state support for the families of those killed, according to the Caucasian Knot report "Three Comrades Served: How the Authorities Are Depriving the Families of Killed Volunteers of Benefits", which describes the stories of soldiers from other regions. "He participated in combat operations for many years and received two Orders of Courage. But no official honors were bestowed upon his family," a relative of one of them said.