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
2022
On 24 February,
Vitalii Skakun, a combat engineer, died during the
Kherson offensive, reportedly sacrificing himself to ensure the destruction of a bridge to slow the Russian army's advance.[1]
On 25 February,
Irina Tsvila, a
Svoboda activist and soldier, was killed in Kyiv, along with her soldier husband.[3]
On 26 February,
Inna Derusova, a military medic and nurse, was killed by enemy fire while taking care of wounded fellow soldiers in
Okhtyrka, Sumy Oblast.[4]
On 7 March,
Oleksandr Marchenko, a former member of the
Verkhovna Rada and member of the Territorial Defense Forces was killed in a battle near Kyiv.[9]
On 8 March, Sergeant
Kateryna Stupnytska from the 3rd Mechanised Battalion was killed in Kyiv. She was awarded with the
Hero of Ukraine and the "Golden Star" Order.[10]
On 9 March, Colonel
Serhiy Kotenko, Commander of the 9th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "Vinnytsia Scythians" was killed in battle near
Zaporizhzhia.[11]
On 10 March,
Yevhen Deidei, a former member of the Verkhovna Rada, and deputy leader of
Special Tasks Patrol Police Kyiv-1, was killed during the Battle of Kyiv in unknown circumstances.[12][13]
On 12 March, Colonel
Dmytro Apukhtin, Deputy Commander of the 23rd Public Security Protection Brigade was killed near
Mariupol during an attack by an enemy column.[14]
On 13 March, Major
Stepan Tarabalka, an Air Force pilot, was shot down and killed while fighting Russian forces. Tarabalka was hinted by Western media to be the
Ghost of Kyiv.[16]
On 25 March,
Senior lieutenantMaksym Kagal was killed during the
Siege of Mariupol. He was a kickboxing athlete and world champion in the national team of Ukraine and was posthumously awarded as Hero of Ukraine.[21][22]
On 1 April,
Yuriy Ruf, a poet, was killed while fighting Russian forces in
Luhansk.[23]
On 19 June,
Oleh Kutsyn, former Deputy Head of
Tiachiv, died during battle in Izium. He was the head of the "Legion of Freedom" of the Svoboda party as well as Commander of company Karpatska Sich of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[33][34]
On 27 September,
Ablyatif Rustem [
uk], a political scientist and
Crimean Tatar historian and public figure, died fighting against Russian troops in Kherson Oblast.[45]
On 3 November, Brigadier-General
Artem Kotenko [
uk], deputy commander of the
Ukrainian Air Assault Forces, who had commanded the
46th and the
81st Airmobile Brigade[48] and Colonel Volodymyr Oleksiyovych Levchuk, former Deputy Minister of Veteran's Affairs[49][50] were killed by wounds received in
Zhytomyr Oblast when their vehicle was hit by a mine. Kotenko was the first Ukrainian General to be reportedly killed in the war.[51][52]
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 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]
On 1 April,
Daniil Lyashuk [
uk], nicknamed "
Mujahid", a Belarusian former leader of the Tornado Battalion imprisoned in Ukraine from 2017 to 2021 on counts of rape and torture of POWs in the first
Donbas war,[78] was killed in Bakhmut.[79]
On 18 April,
Oleh Barna, a former member of the Verkhovna Rada, was killed in Vuhledar.[80]
On 19 April,
Finbar Cafferkey, an Irish political activist and volunteer, was killed in Bakhmut.[81]
On 19 April,
Dmitry Petrov, a Russian anarchist activist and volunteer, was killed in Bakhmut.[82]
On 21 May,
Yulian Matviychuk, a deputy of the
Poltava City Council from the political party
Svoboda, died in a hospital in
Dnipro as a result of a severe wound received at the front.[83]
On 22 July, Dimytro Rybakov a Commander of the
47th Mechanized Brigade was killed in combat in direction of Melitopol. He was also a well known journalist and Economic commentator.[88]
On 3 November, Col. Volodomyr Vozny former head of the Recruitment Center of Territorial Defense in Khmelnytskyi was killed during
2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[97]
On 6 November, the top aide of the Commander of Ukrainian Armed forces
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Major Hennadii Chastiakov was killed by an explosive device on the day of his birthday.[98]
2024
On 7 January,
Maksym Kryvtsov, Ukrainian poet and military volunteer, was killed in battle.[99]
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 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]
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 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 16 April, Russian officials said that Major General
Vladimir Petrovich Frolov, Deputy Commander of the
8th Guards Army, was killed in combat in Ukraine, details were not provided.[135]
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.[140]
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.[141]
On 28 August 2022,
Oleksii Kovalov, a member of the Verkhovna Rada, was shot dead during an attack at his residence in
Hola Prystan, Kherson Oblast.[148]
On 9 November 2022,
Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Russian administration in Kherson Oblast and pro-Russian social media personality, died in a car crash in
Henichesk.[151]
On 6 December 2023,
Illia Kyva, a former member of the Verkhovna Rada, was shot dead in Moscow.[152]
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
2022
On 24 February,
Vitalii Skakun, a combat engineer, died during the
Kherson offensive, reportedly sacrificing himself to ensure the destruction of a bridge to slow the Russian army's advance.[1]
On 25 February,
Irina Tsvila, a
Svoboda activist and soldier, was killed in Kyiv, along with her soldier husband.[3]
On 26 February,
Inna Derusova, a military medic and nurse, was killed by enemy fire while taking care of wounded fellow soldiers in
Okhtyrka, Sumy Oblast.[4]
On 7 March,
Oleksandr Marchenko, a former member of the
Verkhovna Rada and member of the Territorial Defense Forces was killed in a battle near Kyiv.[9]
On 8 March, Sergeant
Kateryna Stupnytska from the 3rd Mechanised Battalion was killed in Kyiv. She was awarded with the
Hero of Ukraine and the "Golden Star" Order.[10]
On 9 March, Colonel
Serhiy Kotenko, Commander of the 9th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion "Vinnytsia Scythians" was killed in battle near
Zaporizhzhia.[11]
On 10 March,
Yevhen Deidei, a former member of the Verkhovna Rada, and deputy leader of
Special Tasks Patrol Police Kyiv-1, was killed during the Battle of Kyiv in unknown circumstances.[12][13]
On 12 March, Colonel
Dmytro Apukhtin, Deputy Commander of the 23rd Public Security Protection Brigade was killed near
Mariupol during an attack by an enemy column.[14]
On 13 March, Major
Stepan Tarabalka, an Air Force pilot, was shot down and killed while fighting Russian forces. Tarabalka was hinted by Western media to be the
Ghost of Kyiv.[16]
On 25 March,
Senior lieutenantMaksym Kagal was killed during the
Siege of Mariupol. He was a kickboxing athlete and world champion in the national team of Ukraine and was posthumously awarded as Hero of Ukraine.[21][22]
On 1 April,
Yuriy Ruf, a poet, was killed while fighting Russian forces in
Luhansk.[23]
On 19 June,
Oleh Kutsyn, former Deputy Head of
Tiachiv, died during battle in Izium. He was the head of the "Legion of Freedom" of the Svoboda party as well as Commander of company Karpatska Sich of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[33][34]
On 27 September,
Ablyatif Rustem [
uk], a political scientist and
Crimean Tatar historian and public figure, died fighting against Russian troops in Kherson Oblast.[45]
On 3 November, Brigadier-General
Artem Kotenko [
uk], deputy commander of the
Ukrainian Air Assault Forces, who had commanded the
46th and the
81st Airmobile Brigade[48] and Colonel Volodymyr Oleksiyovych Levchuk, former Deputy Minister of Veteran's Affairs[49][50] were killed by wounds received in
Zhytomyr Oblast when their vehicle was hit by a mine. Kotenko was the first Ukrainian General to be reportedly killed in the war.[51][52]
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 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]
On 1 April,
Daniil Lyashuk [
uk], nicknamed "
Mujahid", a Belarusian former leader of the Tornado Battalion imprisoned in Ukraine from 2017 to 2021 on counts of rape and torture of POWs in the first
Donbas war,[78] was killed in Bakhmut.[79]
On 18 April,
Oleh Barna, a former member of the Verkhovna Rada, was killed in Vuhledar.[80]
On 19 April,
Finbar Cafferkey, an Irish political activist and volunteer, was killed in Bakhmut.[81]
On 19 April,
Dmitry Petrov, a Russian anarchist activist and volunteer, was killed in Bakhmut.[82]
On 21 May,
Yulian Matviychuk, a deputy of the
Poltava City Council from the political party
Svoboda, died in a hospital in
Dnipro as a result of a severe wound received at the front.[83]
On 22 July, Dimytro Rybakov a Commander of the
47th Mechanized Brigade was killed in combat in direction of Melitopol. He was also a well known journalist and Economic commentator.[88]
On 3 November, Col. Volodomyr Vozny former head of the Recruitment Center of Territorial Defense in Khmelnytskyi was killed during
2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[97]
On 6 November, the top aide of the Commander of Ukrainian Armed forces
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Major Hennadii Chastiakov was killed by an explosive device on the day of his birthday.[98]
2024
On 7 January,
Maksym Kryvtsov, Ukrainian poet and military volunteer, was killed in battle.[99]
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 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]
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 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 16 April, Russian officials said that Major General
Vladimir Petrovich Frolov, Deputy Commander of the
8th Guards Army, was killed in combat in Ukraine, details were not provided.[135]
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.[140]
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.[141]
On 28 August 2022,
Oleksii Kovalov, a member of the Verkhovna Rada, was shot dead during an attack at his residence in
Hola Prystan, Kherson Oblast.[148]
On 9 November 2022,
Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Russian administration in Kherson Oblast and pro-Russian social media personality, died in a car crash in
Henichesk.[151]
On 6 December 2023,
Illia Kyva, a former member of the Verkhovna Rada, was shot dead in Moscow.[152]