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"...
Russia hands out passports in occupied Ukraine cities
The Russian occupation authorities in southern Ukraine say they have started handing out Russian passports to locals in two cities - Kherson and Melitopol.
Ukraine condemns The Creation of Russian citizens on its territory as " Russification". President Vladimir Putin is fast-tracking The procedure.
Russia 's Tass news agency says The First 23 Kherson residents got Russian passports at a ceremony on Saturday.
Tass says thousands have applied for them, but its claim cannot be verified.
The Russian -appointed military governor in Kherson , Volodymyr Saldo, said " all our Khersonite comrades want to receive The Passport and [Russian] citizenship as soon as possible".
Ukraine denounced The Move as a " flagrant violation" of its territorial integrity, saying President Putin's decree was " legally void".
The policy follows Russia 's distribution of passports to residents of Ukrainian regions its forces have occupied since 2014 - Crimea and much of The Donbas.
Russia annexed Crimea and created self-styled " people's republics" in Donetsk and Luhansk - moves condemned internationally.
Ukraine now fears The same process is under way in areas seized by Russian forces in The current invasion. Once locals become Russians, The Kremlin can claim it has to " protect" them.
There are reports of Ukrainians defying a Russian order to use roubles, instead of The Ukrainian currency hryvnia, in Kherson .
Melitopol is in The south-eastern Zaporizhzhia region, most of which is now held by Russian forces, including Europe's biggest nuclear Power Station .
In Crimea and Russian-held Donbas - The industrial region made up of Donetsk and Luhansk - Russia has introduced The rouble and forced schools to adopt The Russian curriculum.
It has also ousted local officials appointed by Kyiv - and repeated such action in The newly-occupied areas.
Heavy fighting continues to rage in The Donbas city of Severodonetsk. The Kyiv -appointed head of Luhansk , Serhiy Haidai, says Ukrainian forces are still holding The City 's industrial zone, including The huge Azot chemical plant.
In other developments:
War in Ukraine: More coverageSource of news: bbc.com
