According to him, the enemy purposefully hit the electrical substation and the temple of the village of Popovo-Lezhachi.

“More than 20 mortar shells arrived.

Eight residential buildings, a church, fences, outbuildings and vegetable gardens were damaged,” Starovoit said.

The governor also announced the presence of damage to the water tower, transformer and power grids.

Earlier, the governor of the Kursk region said that the Ukrainian army opened fire from artillery on the settlements of the Glushkovsky district of the Kursk region.

According to preliminary data, no one was hurt.