During the war in Ukraine, a contract soldier from the Irkutsk region died 19 days after signing the contract
In total, 1,675 natives of the region have died since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. On September 16, 2024, 53-year-old Semyon Borkhonov from the Irkutsk region died in the Ukrainian Avdeevka, writes “People of Baikal”. He voluntarily entered into a contract and left for war on August 28, 2024. This is the shortest time that a volunteer from the Irkutsk region or Buryatia has been at the front.