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Volobuev was injured in a drone attack in May 2025. In October 2025 he was awarded the Order of Courage.
The governor of the Kursk region, Alexander Khinshtein, stated on May 22, 2025 that Volobuev received a hip and arm injury after an Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attacked his car.
On the same day, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that President Vladimir Putin called the head of the Belovsky district on the phone and wished him recovery.
In October 2025, Khinshtein reported that Putin signed a decree awarding Volobuev the Order of Courage.
On April 21, 2026, Volobuev took part in Putin’s meeting with representatives of the municipal community of the Russian Federation at the site of the All-Russian municipal award “Service”.

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