Sergey Belykh, the acting head of a district in Kursk Oblast, died while cutting down trees for the war effort in Ukraine. This was reported by Alexey Smirnov, the governor of Kursk Oblast, on July 5.
Sergey Belykh, the acting head of the Sovetsky District in Kursk Oblast, passed away in a hospital after being crushed by a felled tree near the village of Kshensky, as announced by Governor Alexey Smirnov on July 5. The governor stated that the logging was conducted for the "special military operation needs."
Belykh had been involved in the felling of trees for the war effort on multiple occasions. According to district media reports, military personnel from the 30th Artillery Brigade had requested firewood from officials in Kursk Oblast.