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Luhansk

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Luhansk (Ukrainian: Луганськ, romanizedLuhans'k; Russian: Луганск, romanized: Lugansk) is a city in eastern Ukraine, near the border with Russia. It is the administrative center of the Luhansk Oblast. In 2020, 401,297 people lived there.[1]

At the the Lukhansk airport, Ukrainian soldiers were fighting from May to September 2024. Loss of Ukrainian control of the Lukhansk airport: On the night of September 1, 2014 the last remaining Ukrainian soldiers left the ruined airport; It was defended for 146 days.

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  1. kyivpost.com/post/38661. Retrieved 2024-09-10