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Svatove
Svatove (, ; , ) is a city on the Krasna River in Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Svatove Raion. Its population is It has been occupied by Russia since 2022. History After the proclamation of the separatist Luhansk People's Republic on 27 April 2014, Luhansk Oblast became a battlefield of the war in Donbas.Ukraine crisis timeline , Svatove stayed under Ukrainian governmental control. The separatist referendum on 11 May 2014 on independence was not held in the city. On 29–30 October 2015, two people wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Luhansk Oblast Campaign
Since 19 September 2022, a military campaign has taken place along a frontline in western parts of Luhansk Oblast and far-eastern parts of Kharkiv Oblast amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The frontline has been referred to as the Svatove–Kreminna line or the Kupiansk–Svatove–Kreminna–Bilohorivka line, after the major settlements that lie along it. Background The city of Svatove fell on 6 March 2022, less than two weeks into the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Kreminna, a city in Luhansk Oblast, was captured by Russian forces on 19 April. Between 5 and 13 May, Russian forces began a series of military engagements on the Lyman-Sievierodonetsk front. The settlement of Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast was one of the places where Russian forces tried unsuccessfully to cross the Siverskyi Donets, becoming a hot spot of fighting in early May 2022. With the fall of Lysychansk and its western outskirts in July 2022, Russia and its puppet state the Luhansk People's Republ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Svatove Raion
Svatove Raion () is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. the administrative center of the raion is the city of Svatove. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast was reduced to eight. The area of Svatove Raion was significantly expanded. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was Subdivisions The raion contains seven hromadas: *Bilokurakyne settlement hromada *Kolomyichykha rural hromada *Krasnorichenske settlement hromada *Lozno-Oleksandrivka settlement hromada *Nyzhnia Duvanka settlement hromada *Svatove urban hromada *Troitske settlement hromada Demographics As of the Ukrainian Census (2001), 2001 Ukrainian census: ;Ethnicity * Ukrainians: 91.4% * Russians: 7.3% * Belarusians: 0.3% References Raions of Luhansk Oblast Svatove Raion, 1923 establishments in Ukraine {{Luhansk-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Svatove Urban Hromada
Svatove urban hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Svatove Raion, Luhansk Oblast. Its administrative center is the city Svatove. It has an area of and a population of 26,425, as of 2020. The hromada contains 24 settlements: 1 city (Svatove), 20 villages: And 3 rural-type settlements: Zahidniy, Lahydne, and Sosnovy. See also * List of hromadas of Ukraine There are 1,469 hromadas (, ) in Ukraine. They were formed in 2020 (there are no hromadas in Kyiv, Sevastopol and in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea). A hromada is designated ''urban hromada'' if its administration is located in a city; ''set ... References {{Luhansk Oblast Hromadas in Svatove Raion 2020 establishments in Ukraine States and territories established in 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv Counteroffensive
On September 6, 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a major counteroffensive against the Russian military during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As Ukraine announced the start of the Kherson counteroffensive in southern Ukraine in late August, Ukrainian forces also began a second counteroffensive in early September in Kharkiv Oblast, in eastern Ukraine. As the Ukrainian military broke through Russian defensive lines, it recaptured major cities in the matter of days. On September 7, the second day of the counteroffensive, the Ukrainian military advanced over into Russian-held territory. The next day, Ukraine recaptured Balakliia and Shevchenkove as Russian forces withdrew and fled. On the 9th, Russia began announcing for evacuations in nearby areas as the Ukrainian military continued its advance. The next day, Ukraine retook the key cities of Izium and Kupiansk, securing access to the Oskil River. By the 11th, Ukraine has successfully advanced up to from the pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
P07 Road (Ukraine)
H26, previously known as P07, is a national highway ( H-highway) and former regional road ( P-Highway) in the Kharkiv and Luhansk Oblasts of Donbas, Ukraine. It runs west–east and connects Chuhuiv near Kharkiv through Starobilsk with Milove on the border with Russia. On 9 August 2017, the P07 was redesignated as H26. War in Donbas Significant armed conflict has occurred along and near the P07 during the Russo-Ukrainian War. In Starobilsk, on July 12, 2014, Russian-backed separatists partially damaged a bridge over the Aidar River. Main route Main route and connections to/intersections with other highways in Ukraine. Other stops The H26 also passes either through or near Malynivka, , Doslidne-Chkalovske, and in Chuhuiv Raion; Khudoyarove, Shevchenkove, Pervomaiske, Starovirivka, Hrushivka-Vasylivka-Osadkivka (Prokopivka station), Kupiansk, Petropavlivka, and Kyslivka in Kupiansk Raion; Berestova station, Novoselivske-Kuzemivka, Uchnivskyi station, Kryvoshyivka, Pidk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Luhansk Oblast
Luhansk Oblast (; ), also referred to as Luhanshchyna (), is the easternmost Administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Luhansk. The oblast was established in 1938 and bore the name ''Voroshilovgrad Oblast'' until 1958 and again from 1970 to 1991. It has a population of Important cities in Luhansk Oblast include Alchevsk, Antratsyt, Brianka, Kadiivka, Kirovsk, Luhansk Oblast, Kirovsk, Krasnodon, Khrustalnyi, Luhansk, Lysychansk, Pervomaisk, Luhansk Oblast, Pervomaisk, Rovenky, Rubizhne, Sievierodonetsk and Sverdlovsk, Ukraine, Sverdlovsk. All of the oblast is in the Donbas region. In 2014, large parts of the oblast, including the capital Luhansk, came under the control of Russian-backed separatists who declared the Luhansk People's Republic, leading to a War in Donbas (2014–2022), war against Ukrainian government forces. Since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the oblast has come almost entirely under Rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Starobilsk
Starobilsk (; ) 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 status in 1938. The city has a population of As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it has been under Russia, Russian occupation since 2 March 2022. History Prehistory Presumably, Starobilsk traces its heritage to the Sloboda (settlement), settlement of Bielska Sloboda which originally might have been named after Okolnichy Bogdan Belsky of Litvin Belsky family (Gediminid), Bielsky family who at that time was a subject of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Bielsky arrived at the banks of Donets, Siversky Donets to build a fortress at the southern borders ''Tsare-Borisov'' (after Muscovite Tsardom of Russia, Tsar Boris Godunov) which was erected not far away in 1598–1600. In 1602 Godunov became suspicious of Belsky and order him to be arrested, stripped of any estates, and exiled to Siberia. Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Luhansk People's Republic
The Luhansk People's Republic (LPR; , ) is a disputed territory administered as a republic of Russia in the occupied parts of eastern Ukraine's Luhansk Oblast, with its capital in Luhansk. The LPR was proclaimed by Russian-backed paramilitaries in 2014, and it initially operated as a breakaway state until it was annexed by Russia in 2022. The entire territory of LPR is viewed as sovereign territory of Ukraine by nearly all UN member states. It has a population of Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity in 2014, pro-Russian, counter-revolutionary unrest erupted in the eastern part of the country. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine, while the armed separatists seized government buildings and proclaimed the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) and Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) as independent states. This sparked the war in Donbas, part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War. The LPR and DPR were often described as puppet states of Russia during this conflict. They received no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Raions Of Ukraine
A raion (; ), often translated as district, is the second-level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, administrative division in Ukraine. Raions were created in a 1922 administrative reform of the Soviet Union, to which Ukraine, as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, belonged. On 17 July 2020, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) approved an administrative reform to merge most of the 490 raions, along with the "City of regional significance (Ukraine), cities of regional significance", which were previously outside the raions, into just 136 reformed raions. Most tasks of the raions (education, healthcare, sport facilities, culture, and social welfare) were taken over by new hromadas, the subdivisions of raions.Where did 354 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Krasna (river)
The Krasna () is a river in Ukraine, a tributary on the left bank of the Donets River, within the Don (river), Don River Basin. Etymology The name of the river means red in Ukrainian language, Ukrainian. History During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, this river became part of the frontline in the Luhansk Oblast campaign, and there were many fortifications in the areas around the river. Geography The Krasna flows through the Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine, and has a basin drainage of 2,710 km2. The 151-km long river begins at the village of Tymonove, flows though Svatove, and ends at Kreminna, where it merges into the Donets. With a drop of 0.5 m per km, the river is gently flowing. The width of its valley is 3.5 km. The right bank is high, up to 60 m in places, and cut by short but deep ravines. The flat left bank is lower, less than 30 m high and gently cut by tributary streams. Nature The river is protected within the Sieverski Donets National Park. Sources ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Russian-occupied Territories Of Ukraine
The Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine are areas of southern and eastern Ukraine that are controlled by Russia as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the ongoing invasion. In Ukrainian law, they are defined as the "temporarily occupied territories". As of 2024, Russia occupies almost 20% of Ukraine and about 3 to 3.5 million Ukrainians are estimated to be living under occupation; since the invasion, the occupied territories lost roughly half of their population. The United Nations Human Rights Office reports that Russia is committing severe human rights violations in occupied Ukraine, including arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, torture, crackdown on peaceful protest and freedom of speech, enforced Russification, passportization, indoctrination of children, and suppression of Ukrainian language and culture. The occupation began in 2014 with Russia's invasion and annexation of Crimea, and its ''de facto'' takeover of Ukraine's Donbas during a war in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of Cities In Ukraine
There are 463 populated places in Ukraine, populated places in Ukraine that have been officially granted city status () by the Verkhovna Rada, the country's parliament, as of 23 April 2025. Settlements with more than 10,000 people are eligible for city status although the status is typically also granted to settlements of historical or regional importance. Smaller settlements are Populated places in Ukraine#Rural settlements, rural settlements () and villages (). Historically, there were systems of city rights, granted by the territorial lords, which defined the status of a place as a ''misto'' or ''selo''. In the past, cities were self-governing and had several privileges. The list of cities is roughly ordered by population and the 2022 estimates are compared to the 2001 Ukrainian census, except for Chernobyl for which the population is an unofficial estimate. The City with special status, cities with special status are shown in ''italic''. The average population size is 62,000. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
