Defenders of the border region, Crimea, Kuban and Voronezh region will receive veteran status

The Government of the Russian Federation has approved a list of territories whose defense participants are eligible to receive the status of a combat veteran. The corresponding order was published on the government's website on August 12.

"Among such territories are the Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol, the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions, the Temryuksky district of the Krasnodar Territory, the Kantemirovsky and Rossoshansky municipal districts of the Voronezh Region, as well as the cities of Anapa, Novorossiysk and Gelendzhik," the message says.

The government clarified that law enforcement officers and members of volunteer formations who repelled the invasion of the Kursk region, as well as armed provocations in the territories listed in the list, were eligible for the status of a combat veteran.

In addition, military personnel and members of volunteer formations who have become disabled due to injuries have been granted the right to combat disability status.

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On July 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law according to which participants in the special military operation in Donbas and Novorossiya will receive the status of combat veterans. The status of combat veterans will be granted to persons who have performed tasks during their military operations in the territories of Ukraine, the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) since February 24, 2022, as well as in the territories of the Zaporizhia and Kherson regions since September 30, 2022.

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