Two defensive lines appear in Kursk

Roman Starovoyt, governor of the Kursk region, says that construction on two reinforced defensive lines is complete in the Kursk region.

The Russian Ministry of Defense and the FSB’s border administration for the Kursk region jointly constructed the defensive lines, said Starovoyt. He didn’t specify their exact location.

By November 5, according to the governor, a third defensive line will appear in the region.

In Belgorod, another region on Russia’s border with Ukraine, construction has started on defensive structures made of concrete blocks, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported on October 22. The same type of concrete block structures are being installed in the annexed Luhansk region. The structures are sometimes called “Prigozhin Lines” or “Wagner Lines” after the private military company and its founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin.

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• The regions of Russia lying on the border with Ukraine, including Kursk and Belgorod, have been shelled repeatedly. Russian regional authorities blame Ukrainian Armed Forces.
• On October 20, Russian president Vladimir Putin put Belgorod, Kursk, and other border regions, as well as annexed Crimea and Sevastopol in “medium alert mode,” which allows authorities to temporarily remove residents from dangerous areas and limit freedom of movement, among other measures.
• After a series of strikes on the border town of Shebekino on October 21 and 22, authorities decided to relocate residents who agreed to leave to Stary Oskol.