Russian soldier from Belgorod confirmed dead in Ukraine

Sergeant Boris Basteev, a 46-year-old from the Stary Oskol district in Russia's Belgorod region, has been confirmed dead in the war in Ukraine. According to the independent outlet 'Pepel', he died on August 11, 2024, and was recently mentioned among the fallen at a local festival. The report notes that one Belgorod resident dies every 14 hours, and the outlet has documented a total of 2,645 residents of the region killed in Ukraine and border territories since the war began.