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Former Belgorod mayor Konstantin Polezhaev reported killed in war
Konstantin Polezhaev, who served as mayor of Belgorod from 2015 to 2019, has reportedly been killed during military action against Ukraine. Local reports cite information from his relatives. Further circumstances surrounding his death have not been disclosed.
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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
3 differing positions reported on casualties across 5 publishers; unresolved.
- meduzaпогиб
- telegramздох
- rferlпогиб
- vot-takпогиб
- allkharkovліквідували
2 differing positions reported on attribution across 2 publishers; unresolved.
- telegramВоюючи з Україною
- istoriesпогиб
WhereBelgorod
50.603, 36.581 ±10 km
First reported33 days ago
Published2026-09-22 08:55 UTC
Sources6
Casualties reported1
How this travelled.
Reports12Independent tellings6
6 independently corroborated tellings, 1 reported as carrying another outlet.
Corrections and updates
No published correction or update is recorded. This does not reconstruct changes made before correction records were kept.
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Global Event Monitor. Former Belgorod mayor Konstantin Polezhaev reported killed in war. 2026-09-22T08:55:54.698Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:3166. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-22/assassination-political-figure-belgorod-60d58ea0
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