A fighter from Kalmykia was killed in a military operation
Mergen Mankhadykov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 150 fighters from Kalmykia have been officially recognized as killed.
As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, by July 8, the authorities recognized at least 149 fighters from Kalmykia as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.
Mergen Mankhadykov was killed in combat, the Tselinny District administration reported, reporting on the transfer of the Order of Courage to his mother. Mergen Mankhadykov was born on November 15, 2001 in Elista. He studied at Troitskaya Secondary School. In 2021, he graduated from the Elista Polytechnic College and immediately signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense. He was assigned to the city of Kamyshin in the Volgograd Region. He served as a sapper. Mergen Mankhadykov has been in the special military operation zone since the first days. In July 2022, he underwent retraining and received the specialty of a T-90 tank gunner-operator. Then he served in a tank company. Killed on June 14, 2024, while performing a combat mission near the city of Maryinka, according to a message in the Telegram channel of the district administration on July 15.
Thus, at least 150 fighters from Kalmykia have been officially recognized as killed in the war zone in Ukraine. "Caucasian Knot" maintains a list of names of natives of the North Caucasus Federal District and the Southern Federal District killed in the military operation. The list was compiled based on data officially announced by government officials and law enforcement agencies, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "Statistics of the SVO: losses are growing for the south of Russia".
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