Putin presented state awards to the acting heads of the LPR, DPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions

Pushilin and Pasechnik were awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland of the highest degree, Balitsky and Saldo were awarded orders of the third degree.

In November, Putin awarded the war correspondent and head of the WarGonzo project, Semyon Pegov, with the Order of Courage.

On August 4, the head of state conferred the title of Hero of Russia posthumously on DPR Colonel Olga Kachura.