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Another Georgian volunteer fighter killed in Ukraine

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Another Georgian volunteer fighter killed in Ukraine
Georgian volunteer fighter Bondo Gagnidze, who was killed in action in Luhansk Oblast, in a photo posted on Feb. 3, 2024. (Bondo Gagnidze/Facebook)

Georgian national Bondo Gagnidze, a volunteer fighter in Ukraine, was killed in action on July 30, Georgia's Foreign Ministry confirmed to the Civil.ge media outlet.

Gagnidze was reportedly killed fighting in Luhansk Oblast. Another Georgian fighter was also wounded, Civil.ge said.

In comments to The Kyiv Independent in February, the Georgian Legion, one of the leading groups of Georgian volunteer fighters, said that at least 59 Georgian fighters had been killed in battle since the beginning of the full-scale war.

More casualties among their ranks have been reported since then.

At the same time, there have been conflicting accounts of the true death toll of Georgians fighting in Ukraine.

Civil.ge said that at least 54 Georgian fighters have been killed in Ukraine, while Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Georgian service said that at least 60 have been killed.

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Nate Ostiller is a former News Editor at the Kyiv Independent. He works on special projects as a researcher and writer for The Red Line Podcast, covering Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and focused primarily on digital misinformation, memory politics, and ethnic conflict. Nate has a Master’s degree in Russian and Eurasian Studies from the University of Glasgow, and spent two years studying abroad at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine. Originally from the USA, he is currently based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

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