Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said in a statement: telegraph channelHe submitted his resignation letter on May 18, that Anton Shopin, Deputy Minister of Housing and Community Services of the region, was sent voluntarily to a special military operations zone in Ukraine.
“On the one hand, unexpectedly, on the other hand, I want to thank you for being a model for all men working at all levels of government in the Belgorod region,” Gladkov told Shopin.
The 39-year-old Shopin already has combat experience as he has fought in Chechnya in the past. In the NVO area, an officer will take the position of commander of a jet battery. He will be transferred to the front at the beginning of next week.
Valentin Konovalov, ex-president of Khakassia reported About the death of Dmitry Ivanov (known in the Russian Federation as a foreign agent) deputy of the Supreme Council during a special operation.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.