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Lugansk

American  
[loo-gahnsk] / luˈgɑnsk /

noun

  1. the Russian name of Luhansk.


Lugansk British  
/ luˈɡansk /

noun

  1. Former name (1935–91): Voroshilovgrad.  an industrial city in E Ukraine, in the Donbass mining region: established in 1795 as an iron-founding centre. Pop: 454 000 (2005 est)

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From our area a lot of men have left... men from Kharkov, Zaporoje, Lugansk, Donetsk.

From BBC

President Joe Biden issued an executive order that White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said would "prohibit new investment, trade, and financing by U.S. persons to, from, or in the so-called DNR and LNR regions of Ukraine," referring to the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and the Lugansk People's Republic.

From Reuters

It also includes the Russian separatist regions of Donetsk and Lugansk in the east.

From Washington Times

The front of the yellow shirt shows the contours of Ukraine in white, including Crimea and the pro-Russian separatist-controlled regions of Donetsk and Lugansk.

From BBC

Shulman spent 30 years as the conductor of philharmonic orchestras in the cities of Lugansk in Ukraine, and in Kislovodsk and Irkutsk in Russia.

From Washington Post