Yevhen Lagunov - Dnipro

Date 02.03.2026

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Yevhen Lagunov, 43, was an architect from Dnipro. Some reposts transliterate the surname as Logunov, but the TCC response and most Radio Liberty/local media reports use Lagunov Yevhen Serhiiovych.

Chronology

  • 02.03.2026 - according to his mother, Yevhen was detained by TCC representatives. The same day he passed a military medical commission, which found him fit for rear-area service.
  • Suspilne adds, citing his mother, that Yevhen went to a shop on the evening of March 2 and was detained by TCC representatives on the way. After the medical commission he received two "B" classifications, meaning partially fit for service.
  • After the commission he was sent to the Samarivskyi district TCC. The last contact with him was while he was being taken to service.
  • According to family lawyer Yuliia Oleksiienko, the key period was from 20:51, when Yevhen left the medical commission, to 00:40, when he was admitted to hospital.
  • 03.03.2026 - Yevhen was taken by ambulance to a district hospital twice. During the second call he was admitted to intensive care in serious condition with seizures and placed in a medically induced coma.
  • He was later transferred to a hospital in Dnipro.
  • 08.03.2026 - Yevhen Lagunov died in hospital.
  • 16.03.2026 - police opened criminal proceedings under Part 1 of Article 115 of Ukraine's Criminal Code: intentional homicide.
  • 28.03.2026 - Yevhen was buried in Dnipro.

Forensic examination

Medical records list the cause as combined blunt-force trauma to the body caused by contact with a blunt object, with the circumstances marked as "intent undetermined."

Diagnoses cited by media included:

  • closed traumatic brain injury;
  • brain contusion;
  • maxillary sinus fracture;
  • hematoma and soft-tissue bruising;
  • comminuted fracture of the left humerus;
  • critical condition, coma, and ventilator support.

The family lawyer said this set of injuries could not have resulted from a single fall.

TCC version and family position

The Dnipropetrovsk regional TCC told Radio Liberty that Lagunov had been mobilized and served in the guard platoon of the 1st department of the Samarivskyi district TCC, and that his death followed a series of epileptic seizures.

Yevhen's mother, Nataliia Lagunova, denies that her son had epilepsy. She also refused an offer to bury him on the Alley of Glory, saying he was not given the chance to become a hero.

Investigation

Samarivskyi district police spokesperson Yuliia Zhydkova told Suspilne that criminal proceedings were opened under Part 1 of Article 115 of Ukraine's Criminal Code: intentional homicide. A forensic medical examination has been ordered; investigators are expected to make a procedural decision after its findings.

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