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A Georgian fighter was killed by a Russian missile attack on March 23. His body has not yet been removed from the battlefield.

Tengiz Tchania was displaced from Abkhazia and participated in the Abkhazia and August 2008 wars. He fought in Ukraine from the first day of the war and was wounded twice in the last two years.

"We went through everything together, we did not spare ourselves for our territorial integrity. Loyalty and love of country brought us what brought us - this misfortune. He fought the common enemy wherever he was. As soon as the war in Ukraine started, he immediately got involved. He fought in Abkhazia, in Samachablo. In Georgia, he received an award for exceptional bravery. He received two awards in Ukraine. It will be over soon, and we will return to Abkhazia - he expected this, it was the reason for everything," Tengiz Tchania's brother, Temur Tchania, told the media.

The burial of the deceased Georgian fighter is planned in the village of Ganmukhuri, Zugdidi municipality.

Since February 24, 2022, at least 59 fighters of Georgian origin from Georgia and Ukraine have died in the war started by Russia in Ukraine:

1. Tengiz Tchania - 48 years old, died on March 23, 2024, in the Donetsk region;
2. Nodar Nasirov - died on March 9, 2024;
3. Giorgi Gogiashvili - died on March 9, 2024;
4. Gocha Zhvania - 37 years old, killed on February 1, 2024, on the Eastern Front;
5. Zura Tsiklauri - 36 years old, died on February 1, 2024, on the Eastern Front;
6. Nikoloz Gelenidze - 31 years old, died on November 16, 2023, in Bakhmut;
7. Beka Lomashvili - 24 years old, died on November 16, 2023, in the Donetsk region;
8. Ramaz Fetelava - 45 years old, died on November 16, 2023, in the Donetsk region;
9. Irakli Kurtsikidze - 25 years old, died on November 10, 2023;
10. Levan Lobzhanidze - 48 years old, died in October 2023, near Bakhmut;
11. Zakro Shubitidze - 30 years old, died on September 18, 2023, in the Donetsk region;
12. Nikoloz Akhvlediani - 42 years old, died on August 23, 2023, near Bakhmut;
13. Archil Devrisashvili - 35 years old, died on July 27, 2023, near Bakhmut;
14. Malkhaz Kvizhinadze - 41 years old, died on June 24, 2023, in Luhansk, near Lysychansk;
15. Joni Odishvili - 33 years old, died on June 24, 2023, near Bakhmut;
16. Nika Jikashvili - 31 years old, died on May 10, 2023, in Lugansk;
17. Zurab Odishvili - 45 years old, died on April 26, 2023;
18. Davit Kuchukian - 29 years old, died on April 4, 2023, in Bakhmut;
19. Vakhtang Barabadze - 45 years old, died on April 4, 2023, in Bakhmut;
20. Mikheil Mazanashvili - 29 years old, died on March 31, 2023, near Bakhmut;
21. Ilia Chokheli - 25 years old, died on March 16, 2023, in Bakhmut;
22. Giorgi Kaadze - 23 years old, died on January 29, 2023, near the city of Soledar;
23. Mikheil Tevdoradze - 45 years old, died on December 13, 2022, near Bakhmut;
24. Sergo Lisikhi - 34 years old, died on December 13, 2022, near Bakhmut;
25. Ruslan Bayramov - 29 years old, died on October 6, 2022, in Mykolaiv district;
26. Roland Kvaratskhelia - 49 years old, died on December 3, 2022, near Bakhmut;
27. Avto Rurua - 41 years old, died on December 3, 2022, near Bakhmut;
28. Romeo Fichkhaia - 55 years old, died on December 3, 2022, near Bakhmut;
29. Merab Aladashvili - 45 years old, died on December 3, 2022, near Bakhmut;
30. Badri Markelia - 46 years old, died on December 3, 2022, near Bakhmut;
31. Jaba (Jambulat) Khoferia - 25 years old, died on December 1, 2022, in Kyiv;
32. Konstantine Kursua - 43 years old, died on November 23, 2022, near Donetsk;
33. Levan Mekashvili - 38 years old, died on November 2, 2022, in Mykolaiv district;
34. Gurgen (Guga) Gagnidze - 40 years old, died on October 30, 2022, near Bakhmut;
35. Aleksandre Martiashvili - 24 years old, died on October 21, 2022, near Kherson;
36. Mikheil Kaplanishvili - 46 years old, died on October 21, 2022, in Lugansk District;
37. Ernest Matcharashvili - 43 years old, died on October 13, 2022, in Kherson district;
38. Edisher Kvaratskhelia - 44 years old, died on October 10, 2022, in Donetsk region;
39. Gela Gogia - 55 years old, died on August 26, 2022, in Donetsk region;
40. Berdia Jokhadze - 43 years old, died on August 12, 2022 in Mykolaiv hospital;
41. Kakha Gogoli - 47 years old, died on July 10, 2022, in Luhansk region;
42. Aluda Zviadauri - 42 years old, died on June 18, 2022, near Severodonetsk;
43. Kirile Shanava - 25 years old, died on June 7, 2022, in Luhansk region;
44. Daniel Gerliani - 25 years old, killed on June 3, 2022, near Zaporizhia;
45. Giorgi Grigolia - 40 years old, died at the beginning of June 2022, near Bakhmut;
46. Rati Shurgaia - 38 years old, died on May 14, 2022, in the city of Izium, Kharkiv region;
47. Telman (Tato) Bigava - 27 years old, died on May 8, 2022, in Mariupol;
48. Vitali Orbeladze - 46 years old, died on April 23, 2022, in Izium, Kharkiv District;
49. Zaza Bitsadze - 40 years old, died on April 16, 2022, near the city of Rubezhnoe, Luhansk region;
50. Alika Tsaava - 40 years old, died on April 16, 2022, near the city of Rubezhnoe, Luhansk Region;
51. Arkadi Kasradze - 40 years old, died on April 16, 2022, near the city of Rubezhnoe, Luhansk region;
52. Temur Matcharashvili - 37 years old, died in April 2022, Zaporozhye;
53. Nika Shanava - 21 years old, died on April 9, 2022, in Kharkiv region;
54. Davit Menabdishvili - 47 years old, died on April 9, 2022, in Kharkiv District;
55. Davit Gobejishvili - 47 years old, died on March 25, 2022, near the city of Irpen;
56. Bakhva Chikobava - 54 years old, died on March 19, 2022, in Mariupol;
57. Gia Beriashvili - 45 years old, died on March 18, 2022, near Irpen;
58. Davit Ratiani - 53 years old, died on March 18, 2022, near Irpen;
59. Oleg Gegechkor - 50 years old, died on March 8, 2022, in Kyiv region;