“The Ministry of Defense, on behalf of the Minister of Defense, has taken additional measures,” RIA Novosti quoted Starovoit as saying.

According to the head of the region, additional weapons are arriving in the Kursk region in the form of artillery and rocket launchers. 

Starovoit added that these measures are aimed at ensuring the safety of local residents.

On May 27, the Russian Investigative Committee opened criminal cases after shelling by Ukraine of Russian border settlements in the Belgorod and Kursk regions.

On May 29, the Investigative Committee announced that it would conduct an investigation into the shelling of the settlements of Gornal in the Kursk region and the border village of Zernovo in the Suzemsky district of the Bryansk region.