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Junior Sergeant Sergey Kukushkin, aged 44, was killed in combat in Ukraine. His death raises the official count of soldiers from the Volgograd region killed in the military operation to at least 1,705.

Kukushkin, who served as a rifleman, signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense in 2023. The 'Caucasian Knot' maintains casualty statistics and notes that state awards do not guarantee support for families of the fallen, as evidenced by testimonies from widows of soldiers.