A fighter from Kalmykia was killed in Ukraine

Andrey Tsvetkov from Gorodovikovsk was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, authorities and security forces have acknowledged at least 266 fighters from Kalmykia as killed.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", by September 28, authorities and security forces had acknowledged at least 265 fighters as killed in the special military operation in Ukraine.

Andrey Tsvetkov was born on September 22, 1987, in the Chechen-Ingush ASSR, and in 1994, the Tsvetkov family moved to Gorodovikovsk. He graduated from school there, then studied at a vocational school to become a driver, completing his training in 2005, reported the state news agency RIA "Kalmykia".

In 2025, he went to the SVO zone as a paramedic in the collection and evacuation unit of the 3rd assault company of the 3rd motorized rifle battalion. On November 19, 2025, he was killed as a result of a drone strike in the territory of the settlement of Poltavka in the Konstantinovsky district.

07:48 26.09.2026

The number of killed fighters in Ukraine from southern Russia has exceeded 9750

At least 4846 fighters from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4906 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

Thus, at least 266 combatants from Kalmykia have been officially recognized as killed on the Ukrainian front. "Caucasian Knot" maintains a named list of natives from the North Caucasus Federal District and Southern Federal District who have been 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 from "Caucasian Knot" "SVO Statistics: Losses for Southern Russia are Growing".

Earlier, it became known that in the military operation killed Viktor Sharapov and Yuri Anbushin from the Gorodovikovsky district.

State awards, memorial plaques, and appearances on "Channel One" do not guarantee support from the state for the families of the killed, as stated in the material from "Caucasian Knot" "Three Comrades Served: How Authorities Deny Benefits to Families of Killed Volunteers", which describes the stories of the killed fighters. "He has two Orders of Courage. "I receive only twelve thousand rubles a month for two minor children as a family of military pensioners," complains the wife of Vasily Shtylun, who received five million rubles from the "Veterans" unit for her husband killed in 2022.