Malaya Loknya
Geography
The village is located on the left bank of the Malaya Loknya River (a left tributary of the Loknya in the Psel basin), directly across from smaller villages of Nikolayevka, Viktorovka, and Staraya Sorochina. Malaya Loknya is located 13.5 km from the Russia–Ukraine border.
The names of the streets in the village are Zelenaya, Kubareva, Molodezhnaya, Pugacheva T.D., Sotnitskaya, and Stantsionnaya.
History
On 8 August 2024, Malaya Loknya was mostly captured by Ukrainian forces as part of the August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion. Russian forces continued to hold out in the area surrounding the locality's women's prison before managing to retreat from the village around 25 August 2024 despite encirclement.
References
- ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- ^ "село Малая Локня" (in Russian). publichnaya-kadastrovaya-karta.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "'Furious battles are underway': Kursk residents call on Putin for help after Ukrainian incursion". CNN. 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Ukraine advances further into Russia's Kursk region - Ukrainian commander". BBC News. 16 August 2024.
- ^ "Russians entrenched in women's prison, resist Ukrainian attacks amid Kursk incursion". Ukrainska Pravda. 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 25, 2024". ISW. 25 August 2024.
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