43-year-old Serhii Anatoliiovych Bohdanov — Skelia

Date 04.02.2026

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43-year-old Serhii Anatoliiovych Bohdanov died during training in the Skelia regiment. Babel gives the official cause as acute cardiovascular failure and unspecified cardiomyopathy.

Chronology

  • He was mobilized to Skelia on 26 January 2026.
  • He died in hospital on 4 February 2026.
  • Babel gives the official cause as acute cardiovascular failure and unspecified cardiomyopathy.

Accounts

Babel's roster

Babel gives the official cause as acute cardiovascular failure and unspecified cardiomyopathy.

Relatives and witnesses

Relatives say he had no drug dependence. His mother Olha Bohdanova told Babel she has a photograph of her son's beaten face and that the body looked beaten when it was dressed at the morgue.

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