In brief
The League of Muslim Women of Ukraine and Alraid association head Seyran Arifov announced her death. Rayana served in the Sheikh Mansur Chechen volunteer battalion and is to be buried in Odesa.
Rayana, a drone operator in the Sheikh Mansur Chechen volunteer battalion, has been killed in the war, according to the League of Muslim Women of Ukraine and Seyran Arifov, head of the Alraid association of civic organisations.
She carried out combat missions on the Donetsk front. The cited report did not specify the exact date, location or circumstances of her death.
Before the war, Rayana practised Muay Thai professionally and later coached adults and children. In 2024, she decided to join Ukraine's armed forces, completed drone training and became a drone operator. Her work included tracking and helping destroy enemy armoured vehicles, as well as overseeing the battalion's food supply operations.
She is to be buried in Odesa, where her family lives. The cited report did not specify a funeral date.