 In fact, on June 10, Belash led the fighting of the Makhnovists, trying to stop the White’s offensive and repel them from Gulyaypole and other settlements.On June 15, a new meeting of military commanders, under the chairmanship of Belash, refused Makhno’s offer to make an armed force against the Bolsheviks and the Red Army and elected Belash as commander of the rebel division.Despite all attempts by Belash to achieve reconciliation with the authorities and his statements on submission to the Red Command, repressions against the Makhnovists continued.