Journalists from BBC and Mediazona identified Alisher Svirin, 18, as the first known Russian soldier born in 2008 to be killed in the Ukraine war, dying on May 1, 2026. Svirin served as a contract machine gunner in the 123rd Separate Guards Motorised Rifle Brigade and was buried in the Moscow region on May 28.
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Journalists from BBC and Mediazona identified Alisher Svirin, 18, as the first known Russian soldier born in 2008 to be killed in the Ukraine war, dying on May 1, 2026. Svirin served as a contract machine gunner in the 123rd Separate Guards Motorised Rifle Brigade and was buried in the Moscow region on May 28.