Luhansk
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Note: The Donetsk and Luhansk regions are known together as Donbas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
In Kyiv, Olena Andriyeva, a 64-year-old pensioner, said she would be prepared to countenance the loss of her native city of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, occupied by Russia since 2014.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
Although Russia has occupied most of Luhansk, Ukraine remains in control of about a quarter of Donetsk, including the key cities of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2025
Before the war Dnipropetrovsk had a population of more than three million and was Ukraine's second biggest centre of heavy industry after the Donbas, which is made up of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
Luhansk is already almost entirely under Russian control.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2025
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