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.

The Luhansk People's Republic[d] (LPR; Russian: Луга́нская Наро́дная Респу́блика (ЛНР), romanised: Luganskaya Narodnaya Respublika (LNR), IPA: [lʊˈɡanskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə]) is a disputed …

Luhansk Oblast (Ukrainian: Луганська область, romanized: Luhanska oblast; Russian: Луганская область, romanized: Luganskaya oblast), also referred to as Luhanshchyna (Луганщина), is the …

Nov 11, 2025 · Luhansk, city, eastern Ukraine. It lies along the Luhan (Lugan) River at the latter’s confluence with the Vilkhivka (Olkhovaya) River. The city dates from 1795, when a state iron foundry …

Lysychansk (/ ˌlɪsɪˈtʃænsk / LISS-ih-CHANSK, /- ˈtʃɑːnsk / -⁠CHAHNSK; Ukrainian: Лисичанськ, IPA: [lɪsɪˈtʃɑnʲsʲk] ⓘ; Russian: Лисичанск, romanized: Lisichansk, IPA: [lʲɪsʲɪˈtɕansk]) is a city in …

There are 37 populated places in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, that have been officially granted city status (Ukrainian: місто, romanized: misto) by the Verkhovna Rada, the country's parliament. [2]

Jul 1, 2025 · Luhansk, which has an area of 26,700 square km (10,308 square miles), is the first Ukrainian region to fall fully under the established control of Russian forces since Russia annexed …

On 20 September 2022, Luhansk Oblast governor Serhiy Haidai reported that Russian troops had "razed [Bilohorivka] to the ground" during their failed attempts to recapture it, stating that Ukrainian …

Aug 5, 2022 · Map of Luhansk Region (oblast), Ukraine showing the administrative divisions, oblast boundaries, international boundary, and oblast capital.

This unrest later grew into a war between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists affiliated with the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk "People's Republics", who were supported …