At least 12 Israeli citizens have been confirmed to have been killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine with 11 being soldiers and one being a civilian who was killed by Ukrainian fire while fleeing.
On 20 June 2022, the Russian foreign ministry claimed that nine Israelis fighting with the Ukrainian Army were killed, three left Ukraine and 18 were still remaining. [1]
The following lists contains 11 servicemen listed as killed among the Armed Forces of Ukraine as well as one civilian:
Date of death | Name | Age | Location of death |
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April 29, 2022 | Mrochko Kostyantyn | N/A | near Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast [2] |
July 13, 2022 | Oleksandr Khalif | 35 | Hryhorivka, Kherson Oblast [3] |
August 23, 2022 | Andrii Glembotsky | 49 | Undisclosed [4] |
September 1, 2022 | Dmitry Fialka | 39 | Undisclosed [5] |
October 31, 2022 | Mikhel Gennadii | 49 | Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast [6] |
November 7, 2022 | Andriy Reznikov | N/A | Undisclosed [7] |
December 23, 2022 | Oleksandr Dubovik | N/A | Zaitseve, Donetsk Oblast [8] |
February 14, 2023 | "Denys" | N/A | Soledar, Donetsk Oblast [9] |
March 31, 2023 | Rodion Weiner | 26 | Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast [10] |
March 4, 2024 | Vyacheslav Adamenko | N/A | Bilogorivka, Luhansk Oblast [11] |
March 30, 2024 | Andriy Yurchenko | N/A | Undisclosed [12] |
The following list contains one civilian killed during the conflict:
Date of death | Name | Age | Location of death |
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February 28, 2022 | Roman Brodsky | 37 | Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast [13] |
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