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Place in Kursk Oblast, Russia
Oleshnya Олешня
Location of Oleshnya
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Coordinates: 51°09′07″N 35°08′58″E / 51.15194°N 35.14944°E / 51.15194; 35.14944
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKursk Oblast
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata)
Postal code(s)307814Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID38640433111

Oleshnya (Russian: Олешня) is a rural settlement (khutor) in western Russia, in Sudzansky District of Kursk Oblast.

The village borders in the west with the Russian-Ukrainian border and is located 98.44 kilometres (61.17 mi) southwest of Kursk and 18 kilometres (11 mi) south of the district centre of Sudzha.

History

Russo-Ukrainian War

The settlement came under the control of the Armed forces of Ukraine on 6 August 2024 during the August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion. The Russian Ministry of Defence claimed to have repelled Ukrainian assaults near the settlement on 13 August 2024.

References

  1. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  2. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  3. Angelica Evans; Grace Mappes; Davit Gasparyan; Nicole Wolkov; Frederick W. Kagan (6 August 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 6, 2024". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 7 August 2024. Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces attacked from two directions: from the Sudzha checkpoint (on the border northeast of Sumy City along the H-07/R-200 highways) in the direction of Sudzha and Oleshnya; and from Novehke, Sumy Oblast (northeast of the Sudzha checkpoint and Sumy City) towards Oleshnya, Kursk Oblast.
  4. "Минобороны РФ заявило, что российские войска помешали ВСУ прорваться вглубь Курской области в 28 километрах от границы". Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
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