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Luhansk Oblast (Ukrainian: Луганська область, romanized: Luhanska oblast; Russian: Луганская область, romanized: Luganskaya oblast), also referred to as Luhanshchyna (Луганщина), is the easternmost oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Luhansk.
Luhansk, capital and most populous city in Luhansk Oblast [27] Alchevsk, second most populous city and major industrial center in the Donbas [28] Siverskodonetsk, third most populous city and de facto capital from 2014 until its occupation in 2022 [29] Lysychansk, twin city of Siverskodonetsk that was the last city in the oblast to be captured by Russian forces during its invasion [30] Popasna ...
The Luhansk People's Republic [d] (LPR; Russian: Луга́нская Наро́дная Респу́блика (ЛНР), romanized: Luganskaya Narodnaya Respublika (LNR), IPA: [lʊˈɡanskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə]) is a republic of Russia in the occupied parts of eastern Ukraine's Luhansk Oblast, with its capital in Luhansk.
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.
A total of 12 cities, towns and villages, including Makiivka, have been liberated in Luhansk Oblast; Ukrainian forces have gained an opportunity to strike Russian ammunition storage points beyond ...
Ukrainian forces have “effectively” established control over Svatove – Kreminna road in Luhansk Oblast – a key supply route for Russian troops in the region – regional governor Serhiy ...
The governor of Luhansk Oblast is the head of the executive branch for the Luhansk Oblast. Due to the current Russo-Ukrainian War, the administration has been assigned as a civil–military administration since 5 March 2015. As a result, the governor of the Oblast is officially called Head of the Luhansk Regional Military–Civil Administration ...
In 2014, in Luhansk Oblast the War in Donbass started. As a result, part of the area was controlled by the Ukrainian government, whereas the rest was controlled by the forces of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). In particular, several raions and city municipalities were split between the government-controlled and LPR-controlled areas.