Poroz
Poroz
Пороз | |
|---|---|
 A church | |
Location of Poroz  | |
  Poroz Location of Poroz  Poroz Poroz (Russia) | |
| Coordinates: 50°34′28″N 35°27′45″E / 50.574373°N 35.462622°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Belgorod Oblast |
| Administrative district | Grayvoronsky District |
| Population | |
| • Total | 315 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [2]) |
| Postal code(s)[3] | 309393 |
| OKTMO ID | 14632444111 |
Poroz (Russian: Пороз) is a village in Grayvoronsky Municipal District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia, about 2.79 kilometres (1.73 mi) northeast of the Russia–Ukraine border.
Geography
[edit]The village is located in the south-west of Belgorod Oblast, in the south-western part of the Central Russian Upland, west of the 14K-14 motorway, at a distance of about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) kilometres (in a straight line) north-west of the town of Grayvoron, the administrative centre of the district. The absolute height is 173 metres above sea level.
History
[edit]Russo-Ukrainian War
[edit]On the morning of 10 August 2024, a video began to circulate on the Internet showing that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had likely entered Poroz during the August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion.[4][5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ 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)
- ^ KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO (10 August 2024). "Ukrainian forces likely entered village in Russia's Belgorod Oblast, Russian authorities close entrance to it – video". pravda.com.ua. Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ Christina Harward; Angelica Evans; Grace Mappes; Kateryna Stepanenko; Davit Gasparyan; George Barros (10 August 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 10, 2024". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces also conducted isolated raids into Poroz and Mokraya Orlovka (west of Belgorod City and along the international border), Belgorod Oblast on August 10, but that Ukrainian forces do not maintain positions in these settlements.
- ^ Brendan Cole (11 August 2024). "Ukraine Pushes Into New Part of Russia: Reports". newsweek.com. Newsweek. Retrieved 11 August 2024.