❗️Putin replaced governors in 2 Russian regions bordering Ukraine, removing Vyacheslav Gladkov in Belgorod Oblast and Alexander Bogomaz in Bryansk Oblast.

❗️Putin replaced governors in 2 Russian regions bordering Ukraine, removing Vyacheslav Gladkov in Belgorod Oblast and Alexander Bogomaz in Bryansk Oblast. Aleksandr Shuvayev, a participant in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Hero of Russia awardee, was appointed to Belgorod. Yegor Kovalchuk, formerly the so-called prime minister in the unrecognized LPR, was appointed to Bryansk.