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An estimate of the population of all Ukrainian oblasts and other territories was recorded in 2012. [1] The war in Donbas, beginning in the spring of 2014, caused an estimated 1.5 million people from Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast to flee to Russia or other parts of Ukraine.
As of 2022, the population was estimated to be 397,677 (2022 estimate), [1] making Luhansk the 12th-largest city in Ukraine. Luhansk served as the administrative center of Luhansk Oblast , before pro-Russian separatists seized control of the city in 2014 and made it the capital of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic .
According to the 2001 census, ethnic Ukrainians form 58% of the population of Luhansk Oblast and 56.9% of Donetsk Oblast. Ethnic Russians form the largest minority, accounting for 39% and 38.2% of the two oblasts respectively. [99] In the present day, the Donbas is a predominately Russophone region. According to the 2001 census, Russian is the ...
In 2011, Ukrainian Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts had a combined population of 6.1 million. As a result of Russian military aggression in 2014, 2 million had to leave the region as refugees. After full-scale Russian invasion in 2022, under the false pretext of "genocide of Russian speakers", another approximately 3 million either fled or were ...
Young family in Donetsk. In 2013, the population of Donetsk Oblast was 4.43 million, which constituted 10% of the overall Ukrainian population, making it the most populous and most densely populated region of the country, except for the cities with special status (Kyiv and Sevastopol). Its large population is due to the presence of several big ...
Donetsk had a population of over 985,000 inhabitants in 2009 [51] and over 1,566,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2004. It was the fifth-largest city in Ukraine. It was the fifth-largest city in Ukraine.
In 2011, Ukrainian Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts had a combined population of 6,1mln. As a result of Russian military aggression in 2014, 2 million had to leave the region as refugees. After full-scale Russian invasion in 2022, under the false pretext of "genocide of Russian speakers", another approx. 3 mln. either fled or were killed, resulting ...
Most of Luhansk Oblast and part of Donetsk Oblast had been controlled by pro-Russian separatists since 2014, while the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts were invaded by Russia in 2022. The boundaries of the areas to be annexed and their borders were not defined; Russian officials stated that they would be defined later.