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The Georgian national fell victim to artillery bombardment on May 10. His body could not be extracted from the battlefield as of now. One more Georgian is severely wounded.

“They have been under heavy bombardment for two days, also having engagements with the enemy, and reported they were under direct artillery fire. We were able to pull out the wounded and he is in the hospital. As far as I know, his condition is severe, but he is alive. As for Nika, he died yesterday around 1 pm. Unfortunately, we were not able to retrieve his body yet,” tells Mtavari Arkhi channel Dr. Keti Leshkasheli, who is participating in the fighting in Ukraine.

Since February 24, 2022, 44 Georgian and ethnically Georgian Ukrainians have fallen in Ukraine:

1. Nika Jikashvili – died on May 10, 2023, in Lugansk;
2. Zurab Odishvili - died on April 26, 2023;
3. Davit Kuchukiani - 29 years old, died on April 4, 2023, in Bakhmut;
4. Vakhtang Barabadze - 45 years old, died on April 4, 2023, in Bakhmut;
5. Mikheil Mazanashvili - 29 years old, died on March 31, 2023, near Bakhmut;
6. Ilia Chokheli - 25 years old, died on March 16, 2023, in Bakhmut;
7. Giorgi Kaadze - 23 years old, died on January 29, 2023, near the city of Soledar;
8. Mikheil Tevdoradze - 45 years old, died on December 13, 2022, near Bakhmut;
9. Sergo Lisikhi - 34 years old, died on December 13, 2022, near Bakhmut;
10. Ruslan Bairamovi - 29 years old, died on October 6, 2022, in Mykolaiv region;
11. Roland Kvaratskhelia - 49 years old, died on December 3, 2022, near Bakhmut;
12. Avto Rurua - 41 years old, died on December 3, 2022, near Bakhmut;
13. Romeo Fichkhaia - 55 years old, died on December 3, 2022, near Bakhmut;
14. Merab Aladashvili - 45 years old, died on December 3, 2022, near Bakhmut;
15. Badri Markelia - 46 years old, died on December 3, 2022, near Bakhmut;
16. Jaba (Jambulat) Khoperia - 25 years old, died on December 1, 2022, in Kyiv;
17. Konstantin Kursua - 43 years old, died on November 23, 2022, near Donetsk;
18. Levan Mekashvili - 38 years old, died on November 2, 2022, in Mykolaiv region;
19. Gurgen (Guga) Gagnidze - 40 years old, died on October 30, 2022, near Bakhmut;
20. Aleksandre Martiashvili - 24 years old, died on October 21, 2022, near Kherson;
21. Mikheil Kaplanishvili - 46 years old, died on October 21, 2022, in Luhansk region;
22. Ernest Macharashvili - 43 years old, died on October 13, 2022, in Kherson region;
23. Edisher Kvaratskhelia - 44 years old, died on October 10, 2022, in Donetsk region;
24. Gela Gogia - 55 years old, died on August 26, 2022, in Donetsk region;
25. Berdia Jokhadze - 43 years old, died on August 12, 2022, in Mykolaiv hospital;
26. Kakha Gogoli - 47 years old, died on July 10, 2022, in Lugansk region;
27. Aluda Zviadauri - 42 years old, died on June 18, 2022, near Severodonetsk;
28. Kiril Shanava - 25 years old, died on June 7, 2022, in Luhansk region;
29. Daniel Gerliani - 25 years old, killed on June 3, 2022, near Zaporizhia;
30. Giorgi Grigolia - 40 years old, died at the beginning of June 2022, near Bakhmut;
31. Rati Shurgaia - 38 years old, died on May 14, 2022, in Izium, Kharkiv region;
32. Telman (Tato) Bigvava - 27 years old, died on May 8, 2022, in Mariupol;
33. Vitali Orbeladze - 46 years old, died on April 23, 2022, in Izyum, Kharkiv region;
34. Zaza Bitsadze - 40 years old, died on April 16, 2022, near the city of Rubezhnoe, Lugansk region;
35. Alika Tsaava - 40 years old, died on April 16, 2022, near the city of Rubizhne, Luhansk Region;
36. Arkadi Kasradze - 40 years old, died on April 16, 2022, near the city of Rubizhne, Lugansk region;
37. Temur Macharashvili - 37 years old, died in April 2022, Zaporizhzhia;
38. Nika Shanava - 21 years old, died on April 9, 2022, in Kharkiv region;
39. Davit Menabdishvili - 47 years old, died on April 9, 2022, in Kharkiv region;
40. Davit Gobejishvili - 47 years old, died on March 25, 2022, near the city of Irpen;
41. Bakhva Chikobava - 54 years old, died on March 19, 2022, in Mariupol;
42. Gia Beriashvili - 45 years old, died on March 18, 2022, near Irpen;
43. Davit Ratiani - 53 years old, died on March 18, 2022, near Irpen;
44. Oleg Gegechkori - 50 years old, died on March 8, 2022, in Kyiv region;