Putin Replaces Governors of 2 Regions Bordering Ukraine

By AFP May 13, 2026

President Vladimir Putin replaced the governors of the Bryansk and Belgorod regions, two regions bordering Ukraine that have been regularly hit by Kyiv's retaliatory attacks, the Kremlin said Wednesday.

The two governors — Alexander Bogomaz and Vyacheslav Gladkov — led the regions throughout Moscow's Ukraine war.

Putin appointed an army general who fought in Ukraine, Alexander Shuvayev, as interim head of the Belgorod region and Yegor Kovalchuk as interim leader of the neighboring Bryansk region.

Read more about: Belgorod , Bryansk , Ukraine war , Putin

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