MOSCOW, October 23. /TASS/. The Kursk Region plans to build a third line of defense by November 5 after completing two other lines earlier, regional Governor Roman Starovoit said on Sunday.

"Work was completed this week on the staffing and construction of two reinforced defense lines in the Kursk Region. <…> The third line will be ready by November 5," he said on Telegram.

The governor said work on the construction of reinforced defense lines in the Kursk region is done jointly with the Russian Defense Ministry of Defense and the regional office of the border service.

"We are ready to repel any encroachments on our territory," he said.

Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov on Saturday said defensive installation started to be placed in the region, were areas close to the border are regularly shelled by Ukraine.