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List of deaths during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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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

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Funeral of captain Oleksandr Korpan on 7 March 2022

2022

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Col Oleksandr Oksachenko from 831st Tactical Aviation Brigade and winner of European Air shows.
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Br. Gen Artem Kotenko, Ukrainian General killed on 3 November 2022.
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Chief ideologue and founder of Azov Battalion Mykola Kravchenko
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Aliaksiej Skoblia, Deputy Commander of Belarusian Kastuś Kalinoŭski Battalion killed in the battle of Kyiv

2023

  • On 8 January, Colonel Yuryi Oleksandrovych Yurczyk [uk] Chief of the Special Forces of the Ukrainian State Border Service was killed in Soledar.[67]
  • On 15 January, Grygorii Tsekhmistrenko, a Canadian volunteer medic of Ukrainian origin, Euromaidan participant and member of the International Legion was killed in Bakhmut.[68]
  • On 15 January, Taras Strakhiv [uk], an athlete, was killed in Bakhmut.[69]
  • On 23 January, Dmytro Sharpar [uk], a figure skater, drafted into the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was killed in Bakhmut.[70]
  • On 26 January, Eduard Lobau (Lobov), a Belarusian[71] activist and volunteer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was killed in Vuhledar.[72]
  • On 22 February, a British military public figure and author of military books, James Gerard Richard Shortt[73] was killed fighting for the International Legion in Ukraine.[74]
  • On 6 March, Major Andriy Lukanyuk [uk], battalion commander in the 80th Air Assault Brigade and a veteran of the 2014 war, was killed by a Russian airstrike in Chasiv Yar.[75][76]
  • 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.[77]
  • 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.[78]
  • On 31 March, Vitaly Merinov, four-time world champion in kickboxing, died during the battle of Bakhmut.[79]
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Ukrainian Parliamentarian Oleh Barna killed in Vuhledar

2024

  • On 7 January, Maksym Kryvtsov, Ukrainian poet and military volunteer, was killed in battle.[104]
  • On 28 January, Ruslan Pomirchiy, a Deputy of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Council, for the Svoboda party, was killed in Kupyansk.[105]
  • 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.[106]
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Ukrainian Commander of the 67th Mechanized Brigade, Serhii Konoval

2025

  • On 30 January, Vladyslav Zaporozhets Batalion Commader of the 79th Air Assault Brigade was killed while deployed in the Prokovsloy front.[131]
  • On 5 March, Volodymir Stogniy, Batalion Commander of the 37th Marine Brigade was killed in battle.[132]
  • On 20 April, Andriy Dziuban, coach and Master in martial arts, Thai boxing and weightlifting in was killed while fighting for the 82nd Separate Airborne Assault Brigade in Sudzhansky, Kursk Oblast.[133]
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Ukrainian civilians and journalists

2022

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Oleksiy Vadaturskyi agricultural and logistic businessman died in Mykolaiv
  • On 17 March, Artem Datsyshyn, a ballet dancer, died from injuries suffered on 26 February from Russian shelling in Kyiv.[135]
  • On 17 March, Yevhen Obedinsky, a member of the Ukrainian Olympic water polo team, died in the Siege of Mariupol.[136]
  • On 18 March, Borys Romanchenko, a Holocaust survivor, was killed in a shelling attack in Kharkiv.[137]
  • On 18 March, Oksana Shvets, an actress, died in a shelling attack on a Kyiv residential building.[138]
  • On 23 March, the Mayor of Motyzhyn, Olga Sukhenko, was killed by Russian forces.[139]
  • On 31 March, Oleksiy Tsybko, a rugby union player, was killed by Russian forces.[140]
  • 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.[141]
  • On 6 April, Kateryna Diachenko, an 10-year old rhythmic gymnast, and her father, was killed during the Siege of Mariupol.[142][143]
  • On 28 April, Vira Hyrych, a journalist, was killed by Russian shelling in Kyiv.[144]
  • 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.[145][146]
  • On 30 April, Lyubov Panchenko, a fashion designer, died of starvation in Bucha.[147][148]
  • 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.[149]
  • On 12 October, Yurii Kerpatenko, principal conductor of the Mykola Kulish Music and Drama Theatre [uk], was killed by Russian forces in his home in Kherson.[150][151]

2023

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Ministry of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrsky killed in a helicopter accident on 18 January 2023

2024

2025

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Foreign civilians and journalists

Russian and DPR/LPR military

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Russian postage stamp honoring a soldier killed in Ukraine who was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation

2022

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Col. Vladimir Zhoga from pro-Russian separatist forces Sparta Battalion

2023

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.[174]
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Pro-Russian Ukrainian civilians

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