H21 is an important

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

national highway ( H-highway) in the

Donetsk Oblast The Donetsk Oblast ( ukr, Донецька область, Donetska oblast, ), also referred to as Donechchyna ( ukr, Донеччина, links=no), is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 mill ...

and

Luhansk Oblast Luhansk Oblast ( uk, Луга́нська о́бласть, translit=Luhanska oblast; russian: Луганская область, translit=Luganskaya oblast; also referred to as Luhanshchyna, uk, Луга́нщина) is the easternmost oblast ...

Donbas The Donbas or Donbass (, ; uk, Донба́с ; russian: Донба́сс ) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. Parts of the Donbas are controlled by Russian separatist groups as a result of the Russo-Ukrai ...

, Ukraine. It connects

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: Names of European cities in different languages (C–D), cities' alternat ...

through

Luhansk Luhansk (, ; uk, Луганськ, ), also known as Lugansk (, ; russian: Луганск, ), is a city in what is internationally recognised as Ukraine, although it is administered by Russia as capital of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). A ...

with

Starobilsk Starobilsk ( uk, Старобільськ, russian: Старобельск) is a city in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Starobilsk Raion. The modern settlement was founded in 1686, and it was granted city stat ...

. The highway runs both, west–east between Donetsk and Luhansk, and south–north between Luhansk and Starobilsk.National Highways of Ukraine in Russian
/ref> It passes either through or near

Makiivka Makiivka ( uk, Макіївка, Makíyivka, ; russian: Макеевка, Makeyevka, ), formerly Dmytriivsk, is an industrial city in Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Located from the capital Donetsk, the two cities are practically a conurbati ...

, Kolosnykove,

Khartsyzk Khartsyzk or Khartsyzsk (, ; rus, Харцызск, p=xɐrˈt͡sɨsk) is a city of regional significance in Ukraine. The city has a population of Population: History Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists took control of several t ...

Zuhres Zuhres or Zugres ( uk, Зугре́с, ; russian: Зугрэс) is a city in Khartsyzk municipality in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The city has a population of It is currently occupied by Russian armed forces and forces of the ''de facto'' Donet ...

; Serdyte, Molodetske, and

Shakhtarsk Shakhtarsk (, ) or Shakhtyorsk (russian: Шахтёрск) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Regionally, the city is an administrative urban enclave also consisting of cities Torez and Snizhne and surrounded by Shakhtarsk Raion. It serves as ...

in Shakhtarsky;

Torez Chystiakove ( uk, Чистякове, ), formerly Torez ( uk, Торез), is a city of regional significance in the Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine. The city is a center of the regional coal industry and much of its economy relies on mining industr ...

Snizhne Snizhne or Snezhnoye ( uk, Сніжне́, ; russian: Снежное; until 1864 — Vasylivka — uk, Василівка) is a city in Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The eastern edge of Snizhne is adjacent to administrative border ...

, Miusynsk,

Krasnyi Luch , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = File:Executive Committee building in Khrustalnyi.jpg , image_caption = Executive Committee building in Khrustalny , image_flag = , image_shield ...

; Ivanivka and Malomykolaivka in Antratsitivsky; Myrne, Uspenka,

Lutuhyne Lutuhyne (, ) is a city in Luhansk Raion of Luhansk Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It served as the administrative center of Lutuhyne Raion prior to its abolition in 2020. Population: , . Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured se ...

, and Heorhiivka in Lutuhynsky;

; Metalisk, Stukalova Balka, and Lyman-Tsvitni Pisky-Svitle in Slovianoserbsky;

Shchastia Shchastia ( uk, Ща́стя, lit=Happiness, translit=Shchastia, ; russian: Сча́стье) is a city in the Shchastia Raion of the Luhansk Oblast (province) in Ukraine. Population: The Luhansk power station, a large powerplant built in the 1 ...

; Mykhailivka in Troitsky;

Novoaidar Novoaidar (Ukrainian and russian: Новоайдар) is an urban-type settlement and the ''de facto'' administrative center of Shchastia Raion in Luhansk Oblast, in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, located east of Sievierodonetsk. It has an ...

, Denezhnykove, and Peremorzhne-Shtormove in Novoaidarsky; Shul'hynka in Markivsky, Baidivke, and Polovynkyne in Starobilsky.

War in Donbas

Significant armed conflict has occurred along and near the H21 during the

Russo-Ukrainian War The Russo-Ukrainian War; uk, російсько-українська війна, rosiisko-ukrainska viina. has been ongoing between Russia (alongside Russian separatist forces in Donbas, Russian separatists in Ukraine) and Ukraine since Feb ...

Main route

Main route and connections to/intersections with other highways in Ukraine.

References

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National Roads in Ukraine
in Russian {{Roads in Ukraine Roads in Donetsk Oblast Roads in Luhansk Oblast

War in Donbas

Main route

See also

References

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