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Apr 22, 2024 · 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 was established there to supply ordnance to the Black Sea fleet. Luhansk grew with the development of the Donets.
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May 10, 2024 · The “Luhansk People’s Republic” has had more than 200 Russian-controlled media outlets since 2019 while the “Donetsk People’s Republic” has had around 30. The “local authorities” also took over pre-existing Ukrainian media such as Union TV , which was turned into a Russia propaganda relay in 2014.
2 days ago · However, in February 2022, Russia recognized the DPR and the neighboring Luhansk People's Republic as sovereign states, and later that year officially annexed them (along with various other parts of Ukraine that were then at least partially under Russian military occupation).
- 169 m (554 ft)
- 83000–83497
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- Ukraine
1 day ago · Luhansk Oblast campaign (2 October 2022 – present) Battle of the Siverskyi Donets (5–13 May 2022) Battle of Siversk (3 July – 8 September 2022) Battle of Volnovakha (25 February – 12 March 2022) 2022 Berdiansk port attack (24 March 2022) Chuhuiv air base attack (24 February 2022) Desna barracks airstrike (17 May 2022)
- 20 February 2014 – present, (9 years, 7 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
- Ukraine
- Ongoing
Apr 24, 2024 · Understand the conflict in Ukraine since it erupted in 2014 and track the latest developments around Russian and U.S. involvement on the Global Conflict Tracker from the Center for Preventive...
May 4, 2024 · Ukrainska Pravda. Fri, May 3, 2024, 10:52 PM EDT · 3 min read. Photo: Pixabay. In hospitals in the Russian-occupied part of Luhansk Oblast, mothers are being threatened that their newborn...
5 days ago · It is the capital of Donetsk oblast (province) and the most prominent city in the Donets Basin (Donbas) industrial region. Donets Basin, or Donbas. In 1872 an ironworks was founded there by a Welshman, John Hughes (from whom the town’s pre-Revolutionary name Yuzivka was derived), to produce iron rails for the growing Russian rail network.
