Governor Gladkopf said in a Telegram video that he would appeal to the government to declare a state of emergency “at the federal level.”
He said the city of Shevekino and the village of Ustinka were attacked by Ukrainian drones. No casualties have been reported so far.
Russia said last night that it had shot down 117 drones, mainly targeting four regions: Kursk, Voronezh, Belgorod and Nizhny Novgorod.
Ukraine's Kursk surprise offensive is the deepest incursion into Russia since Moscow launched a full-scale invasion in 2022.
On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said troops had advanced further into Russia, while Army Chief of Staff Oleksandr Sirsky claimed Kiev had “controlled 40 square kilometers” and occupied 74 settlements.
But it is unclear exactly how much territory Russia has taken, and Sirski's previous claim that a total of 1,000 square kilometers is under Ukrainian control has been met with skepticism.
Ukraine has said it will not hold on to occupied Russian territory and will stop airstrikes if Moscow agrees to a “fair peace.”
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhiz Tikhi said Kiev was not interested in “acquiring” Russian territory.
“The sooner Russia agrees to restore a just peace… the sooner the Ukrainian Defense Forces' air strikes against Russia will stop,” he told reporters.
President Putin claimed on Monday that Ukraine had rejected Russia's offer to return to a peaceful resolution.
“It seems that the enemies are carrying out their will with the help of their Western masters, and the West is fighting us with the hands of Ukrainians,” he said.
Russia has so far struggled to halt the Ukrainian advance, and some 200,000 Russians have fled their homes in parts of the Kursk region.
Moscow claimed on Tuesday that Ukraine's attempts to push deeper had been thwarted, a claim that has previously been proven wrong.
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that the offensive “presents a real dilemma for Putin.”
