Two settlements and transformer substation shelled in Russia’s Kursk region; border checkpoint shelled in Russia’s Belgorod region

Border settlement Tetkino, village Popovo-Lezhachi, as well as a transformer substation have been shelled in the Kursk region of Russia, local governor Roman Starovoyt says.

“A substation located in Popovo-Lezhachi was severely damaged, one of the transformers caught fire following having been hit by a shell. Both settlements were left without electricity,” he said, adding that repair crews were already on sites.

According to Starovoyt, 15 “arrivals” from the Ukrainian side were registered in total.

At the same time, governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote in a Telegram post that Ukraine’s Armed Forces had shelled a border checkpoint located in the town of Shebekino.

According to him, there were no victims or injured. “The [closest to the border] checkpoint is now significantly damaged. It has almost ceased to exist,” he added.

Several days ago, the Kursk region governor reported that two people had remained injured following Tetkino being shelled. A man with shrapnel wounds and a woman with burns were hospitalised.

On 6 October, Starovoyt reported that, as a result of the Tetkino settlement being shelled, a 72-year-old man had been killed.