47-year-old Andrii Viktorovych Kuksa — Skelia

Date 06.12.2025

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47-year-old Andrii Viktorovych Kuksa died during training in the Skelia regiment. Babel gives the official cause as intentional self-harm.

Chronology

  • He was mobilized to Skelia on 15 October. Relatives say official enrollment took a long time.
  • He died on 6 December in the entrance of a building in Zhovti Vody.
  • Babel gives the official cause as intentional self-harm.
  • Babel's 7 July 2026 line does not print the year. The newsroom places six of the seven new episodes in the same half-year as the previous 25 deaths. Only Ihor Tatarintsev is dated to summer 2025.

Accounts

Babel's roster

Babel gives the official cause as intentional self-harm.

Relatives and witnesses

Relatives say he had no drug dependence. They found the body at the morgue themselves. They describe six blows with a sharp object to the neck and say Andrii was pursued and killed.

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