Novaya Sorochina
Novaya Sorochina
Новая Сорочина | |
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Location of Novaya Sorochina | |
Novaya Sorochina Location of Novaya Sorochina Novaya Sorochina Novaya Sorochina (Russia) | |
| Coordinates: 51°21′N 35°15′E / 51.350°N 35.250°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kursk Oblast |
| Administrative district | Sudzhansky District |
| Selsoviet | Malaya Loknya |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [1]) |
| Postal code(s)[2] | 307835 |
| OKTMO ID | 38640450126 |
Novaya Sorochina (Russian: Новая Сорочина) is a village in western Russia, in Sudzhansky District of Kursk Oblast.
Geography
The village is located on the Malaya Loknya River (a tributary of the Loknya River in the Sudzha basin), 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from the Russian-Ukrainian border, 80.79 kilometres (50.20 mi) southwest of Kursk, 19 kilometres (12 mi) north of the district centre — the town of Sudzha, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from the village council centre — Malaya Loknya.
History
Russian invasion of Ukraine
The settlement witnessed fighting in 2024 as part of the 2024 Kursk offensive of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4] Sometime during the offensive, Ukraine occupied Novaya Sorochina.
On 28 February 2025, Russian forces regained control of the village.[5]
References
- ^ "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)
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 7, 2024". understandingwar.org. ISW. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
Geolocated footage published on December 7 indicates that Ukrainian forces recently advanced in central Pogrebki and likely seized Orlovka, Maryevka, Malaya Loknya, Staraya Sorochina, and Novaya Sorochina (all northwest of Sudzha).
- ^ "Российские войска отбили у ВСУ курскую деревню Новая Сорочина" (in Russian). Kommersant. 28 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.