Russian troops in the borderline Kursk Region have received additional missile and artillery armament, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Monday, Paralel.Az reports citing TASS.

"Twenty-one requests have come from the Kursk Region operational headquarters. Nineteen issues have been resolved. New requests are being processed. Additional missile/artillery armament has arrived for the battlegroup [in the Kursk Region]," the ministry said in a statement.

The Russian Defense Ministry has received no new requests from the operational headquarters of the borderline Belgorod and Bryansk Regions, it added.