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Luhansk

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[loo-hansk, loo-hahnsk] / luˈhænsk, luˈhɑnsk /
  1. a city in eastern Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.


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Fuel rationing has been imposed in Luhansk and Donetsk, and supplies have already run out in Crimea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

It enabled one of the most spectacular tactical setbacks for Russia—the destruction of a large Russian armored force as it attempted to cross the Siverskyi Donets river in the Luhansk region in May 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

Russia now controls 81% of the Donetsk region and 99% of neighbouring Luhansk, which collectively make up the Donbas.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 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

The Donbas - made up of the eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk - has been partly occupied by Russia since 2014.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025

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