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:
The 79th Separate Tavrian Air Assault Brigade of Mykolaiv is a formation of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces. The paratrooper brigade is based in Mykolaiv.
The 28th Mechanized Brigade is a mechanized brigade and part of the formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.
The 7th Tactical Aviation Brigade "Petro Franko" is a formation of the Ukrainian Air Force.
The 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade ,"Lieutenant General Vasyl Nikiforov", is a formation of the Ukrainian Air Force based at Kulbakino Air Base, Mykolaiv Oblast. The unit is equipped with Sukhoi Su-25 attack aircraft and is tasked with providing close air support for the Ukrainian Ground Forces and the Ukrainian Navy. It is subordinated to Air Command South headquartered at Odesa and has some 950 servicemen. Initially the airbase operated solely Su-25s but in November 2007 it inherited some 20 Aero L-39 Albatros trainer aircraft from a disbanded unit. Known operational aircraft as of 2016 are 13 L-39Cs and 23 Su-25s.
The 2nd Battalion of Special Assignment "Donbas" is a unit of the National Guard of Ukraine subordinated to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and based in Severodonetsk. Originally created in 2014 as a volunteer unit called the Donbas Battalion by Semen Semenchenko following the Russian occupation of Crimea and possible invasion of continental Ukraine. The formation of the unit started in the spring of 2014 during the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine. The unit was initially formed as an independent force, but has been since fully integrated into the National Guard as the 2nd Special Purpose Battalion "Donbas" within the 15th Regiment of the National Guard.
This is the order of battle for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It should not be considered completely up to date nor accurate, being based on open-source press reporting.
The southern Ukraine campaign is an ongoing theatre of operation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on 24 February 2022. The Russian military invaded Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine from Russian-occupied Crimea, quickly entering Mykolaiv Oblast and Zaporizhzhia Oblast amid battles with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ukraine's easternmost oblasts, Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kharkiv, are the site of a theatre of operation in the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Marchenko was a Ukrainian politician.
The 3rd Separate Assault Brigade is a brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 2022.
The 241st Independent Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces is a military formation of the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine in Kyiv. It is part of Operational Command North.
Vadym Vasylovych Khlupianets was a Ukrainian ballet dancer at the Kyiv National Academic Theatre of Operetta and a participant in the Russo-Ukrainian War. He died during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Vodiane or Vodyane is a small village located in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast. In 2001, the population was 319 persons and the elevation is 177m. Up until 2020, the village was part of the Yasynuvata Raion, until it was merged into the Pokrovsk Raion.
Vasyl Volodymyrovych Bohach was a Ukrainian military personnel, Lieutenant Colonel of the Security Service of Ukraine, a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war. Hero of Ukraine.
1st Separate Mechanized Battalion "Da Vinci Wolves" named after Dmytro Kotsiubailo, also known as the Da Vinci Wolves Battalion, is the battalion of the 67th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.
Nariman Narketovych Bilialov, better known as Isa Akaiev, is a Ukrainian Crimean Tatar civic activist and junior sergeant of the Main Directorate of Intelligence.
Grygorii Vitaliiovych Tsekhmistrenko was a Canadian civic activist, volunteer medic of Ukrainian origin, a soldier of the International Legion of the Territorial Defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Oleksiy Yuriyovych Khilskyi was a Ukrainian theater and film actor, chief sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war.
On 18 March 2022, amid the battle for the city of Mykolaiv, during the Russian invansion on Ukraine, Russian Army forces launched an attack on Ukrainian military quarters located at the northern suburbs of Mykolaiv. The quarters were inhabited by servicemen from the 137th Independent Marine Batalion and the 36th Marine Brigade.
James Gerad Shorrt
Media related to List of deaths during the Russian invasion of Ukraine at Wikimedia Commons