Place:Luhansk, Ukraine

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Luhansk Oblast (; also referred to as Luhanshchyna) is the easternmost oblast (province) of Ukraine. Since 3 July 2022, the entire oblast has been under the occupation of Russia and its separatist puppet state, the Luhansk People's Republic, which claims the oblast as its territory. The oblast's administrative center was Luhansk. The oblast was established in 1938 and bore the name Voroshilovgrad Oblast (until 1958 and again from 1970 to 1991) in honor of Kliment Voroshilov. Its population is estimated as

Important cities within the oblast include Alchevsk, Antratsyt, Brianka, Kirovsk, Krasnyi Luch, Krasnodon, Lysychansk, Luhansk, Pervomaisk, Rovenky, Rubizhne, Sverdlovsk, Sievierodonetsk, and Stakhanov.

The war in Donbas and the subsequent 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine saw heavy fighting in the oblast, with Sievierodonetsk captured in June by Russian and LPR forces after an assault lasting several weeks, and the oblast's last major settlement under Ukrainian control, Lysychansk, captured by Russian and Russia-backed forces on 2 July. The next day, Russia's Minister of Defence announced that the entire territory of the oblast had been "liberated", but three weeks later the governor of the oblast reported heavy fighting was still ongoing.

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