Kozinka, Belgorod Oblast

Kozinka
Козинка
Selo
View of the center of the village in 2019
View of the center of the village in 2019
Kozinka is located in Belgorod Oblast
Kozinka
Kozinka
Kozinka is located in Russia
Kozinka
Kozinka
Coordinates: 50°27′41″N 35°36′09″E / 50.46139°N 35.60250°E / 50.46139; 35.60250
CountryRussia
Federal subjectBelgorod Oblast
DistrictGrayvoronsky District
Time zoneUTC+3:00
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Kozinka (Russian: Кози́нка) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kozinskoye Rural Settlement, Grayvoronsky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia. The population was 1,097 as of 2010.[1]

In 2023, the village was attacked and briefly occupied by pro-Ukrainian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2] During the March 2024 western Russia incursion, Kozinka was practically destroyed by Russian bombing.[3]

  1. ^ "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Белгородская область. 15. Численность неселения городских и сельских населённых пунктов" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  2. ^ "Belgorod governor reports incursion into region by 'Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group'". Meduza. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
  3. ^ "«Ни одного целого дома нет». Шойгу разбомбил село в Белгородской области из-за атаки украинских диверсантов" ["Not a single house is intact." Shoigu bombed a village in the Belgorod region due to an attack by Ukrainian saboteurs]. The Moscow Times (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-03-26.