20:53, 20 July 2025

Military doctor from Kalmykia killed in SVO zone

Oleg Bakanov. Screenshot of a photo from the Telegram channel of the Iki-Burul district administration dated 07/18/25, https://t.me/ikiburul65/10991

Oleg Bakanov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 151 fighters from Kalmykia have been officially recognized as killed.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, by July 17, the authorities and security forces named at least 150 fighters from Kalmykia killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

Senior Lieutenant of the Medical Service Oleg Bakanov was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage. In 2023, he was sent to the combat zone in the Donetsk People's Republic. He was killed on December 10, 2024, the Iki-Burulsky District administration reported on July 18.

After graduating from school in 2016, he entered the Rostov Medical Institute, military faculty, and graduated with the rank of lieutenant of the medical service. He was 25 years old, the Iki-Burul school named after Pyurbeev reported on its page on the social network VKontakte.

Russian military. Screenshot of a photo by the Russian Ministry of Defense from 19.07.25, https://t.me/mod_russia/54816?single.

20:53 19.07.2025

Authorities have announced the names of 7,050 fighters from the south of Russia killed in the military operation

At least 3,503 fighters from the North Caucasus Federal District and 3,547 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

Thus, at least 151 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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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/413194