As a result of the attack, no casualties or material damage were reported, the official wrote on his Telegram channel. He explained that the Russian border guards suppressed the firing points with return fire.

On June 9, Starovoit reported the decision to extend the protocol for the high (yellow) level of terrorist danger in the region until June 22.

He noted that the measures implemented as part of that status helped the security and special services forces to protect the region over the last almost two months and even to prevent a terrorist attack during the May vacations.

On May 12, Russia’s Federal Security Service detained a resident of the city of Kursk, who was preparing a terrorist attack in that city in coordination with the Ukrainian special services.

During the questioning, the detainee confessed that he was planning a series of explosions in that territory bordering Ukraine, which is frequently shelled by Kiev forces.

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