Malaya Loknya Explained

En Name:Malaya Loknya
Ru Name:Малая Локня
Coordinates:51.3325°N 35.2275°W
Pushpin Map:Russia Kursk Oblast#Russia
Inhabloc Cat:Village
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Maloloknyansky
Pop 2010Census:799
Federal Subject:Kursk Oblast
Adm District Jur:Sudzhansky District

Malaya Loknya (ru|Малая Локня|link=no) is a rural locality (a selo) in Sudzhansky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is the administrative center of the Maloloknyansky Selsoviet.

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,, and . 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.[1]

History

On 8 August 2024, Malaya Loknya was mostly captured by Ukrainian forces as part of the August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion.[2] Russian forces continued to hold out in the area surrounding the locality's women's prison[3] [4] before managing to retreat from the village around 25 August 2024 despite encirclement.[5]

References

  1. Web site: село Малая Локня. publichnaya-kadastrovaya-karta.com. ru. 2021-08-01. 2021-08-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20210801214452/https://publichnaya-kadastrovaya-karta.com/kurskaya/sudzhanskij_malaya-loknya?obj=87082.
  2. Web site: 8 August 2024 . 'Furious battles are underway': Kursk residents call on Putin for help after Ukrainian incursion . CNN.
  3. Web site: 16 August 2024 . Ukraine advances further into Russia's Kursk region - Ukrainian commander . BBC News.
  4. Web site: 23 August 2024 . Russians entrenched in women's prison, resist Ukrainian attacks amid Kursk incursion . Ukrainska Pravda.
  5. Web site: 25 August 2024 . Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 25, 2024 . ISW.