Luhansk
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| Area | 257 |
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| Founded | 1795 |
| Area code | 380642 |
| Weather | 5°C, Wind S at 6 km/h, 81% Humidity |
| Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
| Local time | Saturday 14:36 |
| Postal code | 91000 |
| Population | 409,895 (2017) |
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| ID | 2152333 |
About Luhansk
Luhansk or Lugansk, formerly known as Voroshilovgrad, is internationally recognized as a city in eastern Ukraine, but effectively, Lugansk is the capital and administrative center of the Luhansk People's Republic, an unrecognized state that was established in 2014.
Ukraine war: Biden says nuclear risk highest since 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
... Even as he signed the final papers formally annexing four regions of Ukraine - Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson - Kyiv s forces were advancing inside those areas he had claimed...
Ukraine 'referendums': Soldiers go door-to-door for votes in polls
... Mr Cleverly said Russia planned to formalise the annexation of the four regions - Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia - by the end of the month...
Ukraine war: Occupied areas call urgent vote to join Russia
... The deputy head of Russia s security council, Dmitry Medvedev, said early on Tuesday that holding votes in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk - also known as Donbas - would correct " historical justice" and be irreversible: " After the amendments to the constitution of our state, no future leader of Russia, no official will be able to reverse these decisions...
Ukraine round-up: Putin dares West as Zelensky pays tribute to Johnson
... Russia has turned its attention to Donetsk after capturing the last city in neighbouring Luhansk - which, together with Donetsk, makes up the Donbas...
Ukraine war round-up: Russia bans UK journalists and inside 'dead city'
... They re important because if Russia takes them, it will control the whole of Luhansk - one of two areas which make up the Donbas...
Russia hands out passports in occupied Ukraine cities
... Russia annexed Crimea and created self-styled " people s republics" in Donetsk and Luhansk - moves condemned internationally...
Ukraine crisis: 'Everyone is scared', say families evacuated to Russia
... Ukraine crisis: Everyone is scared , say families evacuated to RussiaRussian-backed rebels say tens of thousands of people have left Donetsk and Luhansk - two rebel-held regions in eastern Ukraine - to cross into southern Russia...
Ukraine conflict: Biden sanctions Russia over 'beginning of invasion'
... On Monday Mr Putin ordered soldiers into the breakaway Donetsk and Luhansk regions, to " keep the peace" - a description the US called " nonsense"...
