MAKHACHKALA, February 17 – RIA “Dagestan”. Sergei Melikov, Head of the Republic of Dagestan, met with family members of servicemen who lost their lives during the special military operation. At the event, he laid flowers before portraits of the fallen, observed a minute of silence in their honor and extended condolences to the bereaved families, describing each deceased serviceman as a hero.
Officials from the military commissariat and the Ministry of Labor and Social Development outlined 27 forms of regional and federal support available to the families. These include assistance with employment, priority access to medical services, preferential admission to educational institutions and the allocation of land plots without charge.
Melikov also alerted the families to the risk of fraud targeting bereaved relatives and directed heads of relevant departments to follow up on individual requests raised during the meeting.