Another resident of Chechnya died in the SVO zone in Ukraine

Akhdan Beksultanov, a resident of the village of Roshni-Chu in the Urus-Martan district of Chechnya, died in the war with Ukraine. The district administration reported this.

A week ago it became known about the death of four residents of Chechnya in the SVO zone. These are the commander of the Akhmat platoon Adam Sadulaev, Interior Ministry employee Magomed Bachaev, volunteer Imam Idalov and Defense Ministry serviceman Zelimkhan Khazhikhanov.

According to official data, at least 170 servicemen from Chechnya were killed during the “special operation”. As for the North Caucasus Federal District, at least 1,500 people have been confirmed dead.
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