TASS, May 21: A Russian residential area of Tetkino in the Glushkovsky district of the country’s Kursk Region came under a fire of Ukrainian troops on Saturday, Kursk Region’s Governor Roman Starovoit said.
"Tetkino and nearby residential areas were subjected to Ukraine’s fire once again," he said. "Further details on the situation would be provided later."
The governor said that no casualties and inflicted damages to the infrastructure were reported as a result of the attack on Russia’s territory bordering on Ukraine.
Russia’s special military operation in Donbass
The situation at the line of engagement in Donbass escalated on February 17. The Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR) reported the most massive bombardments by the Ukrainian military in recent months, which damaged civilian infrastructure and caused civilian casualties.
On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced recognizing the sovereignty of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics. Russia recognized the Donbass republics in accordance with the DPR and LPR constitutions within the boundaries of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions as of the beginning of 2014.
Russian President Putin said in a televised address on February 24 that in response to a request by the heads of the Donbass republics he had made a decision to carry out a special military operation in Ukraine. The Russian leader stressed that Moscow had no plans of occupying Ukrainian territories, noting that the operation was aimed at the denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine.
