16:31, 26 марта 2022, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Tatyana KUDRYAVTSEVA
Another native of Kyrgyzstan, Rustam Zarifulin, was killed during hostilities in the city of Izyum, Kharkiv region of Ukraine on March 14, 2022. His relatives informed journalists.
The body of Rustam Zarifulin was delivered to his small homeland — to Kara-Balta city. The father of the deceased told that his son left for Sverdlovsk Oblast of Russia in 2016. There he first served in the army as a conscript soldier, and then as a contract soldier.
The funeral of Rustam Zarifulin will take place on March 27 in Zhaiyl district of Chui region.
This is the second confirmed death of a native of the Kyrgyz Republic in Ukraine. Earlier it was reported about the death of a native of Issyk-Kul region Egemberdi Dorboev.
Situation in Ukraine remains complicated. Fighting continues. Russia started a special military operation on February 24, 2022. The number of military and civilian casualties continues to grow. Many states have imposed and continue to impose severe sanctions on Russia.