Luhansk
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| Area | 257 |
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| Founded | 1795 |
| Area code | 380642 |
| Weather | 5°C, Wind S at 6 km/h, 81% Humidity |
| Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
| Local time | Saturday 14:36 |
| Postal code | 91000 |
| Population | 409,895 (2017) |
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| ID | 2152333 |
About Luhansk
Luhansk or Lugansk, formerly known as Voroshilovgrad, is internationally recognized as a city in eastern Ukraine, but effectively, Lugansk is the capital and administrative center of the Luhansk People's Republic, an unrecognized state that was established in 2014.
Ukraine war: Biden says nuclear risk highest since 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
... Even as he signed the final papers formally annexing four regions of Ukraine - Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson - Kyiv s forces were advancing inside those areas he had claimed...
Ukraine 'referendums': Soldiers go door-to-door for votes in polls
... Mr Cleverly said Russia planned to formalise the annexation of the four regions - Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia - by the end of the month...
Ukraine war: Occupied areas call urgent vote to join Russia
... The deputy head of Russia s security council, Dmitry Medvedev, said early on Tuesday that holding votes in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk - also known as Donbas - would correct " historical justice" and be irreversible: " After the amendments to the constitution of our state, no future leader of Russia, no official will be able to reverse these decisions...
Ukraine round-up: Putin dares West as Zelensky pays tribute to Johnson
... Russia has turned its attention to Donetsk after capturing the last city in neighbouring Luhansk - which, together with Donetsk, makes up the Donbas...
Ukraine war round-up: Russia bans UK journalists and inside 'dead city'
... They re important because if Russia takes them, it will control the whole of Luhansk - one of two areas which make up the Donbas...
Russia hands out passports in occupied Ukraine cities
... Russia annexed Crimea and created self-styled " people s republics" in Donetsk and Luhansk - moves condemned internationally...
Ukraine crisis: 'Everyone is scared', say families evacuated to Russia
... Ukraine crisis: Everyone is scared , say families evacuated to RussiaRussian-backed rebels say tens of thousands of people have left Donetsk and Luhansk - two rebel-held regions in eastern Ukraine - to cross into southern Russia...
Ukraine conflict: Biden sanctions Russia over 'beginning of invasion'
... On Monday Mr Putin ordered soldiers into the breakaway Donetsk and Luhansk regions, to " keep the peace" - a description the US called " nonsense"...
Ukraine conflict: Biden sanctions Russia over 'beginning of invasion'
The US has hit Russia with wide-ranging sanctions over what President Joe Biden called " The Beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine ".
" We've cut off Russia's government from Western financing, " Mr Biden said.
It came after Russian politicians authorised President Vladimir Putin to send troops into two rebel-held parts of eastern Ukraine .
Russia has recognised the regions as independent - a move Ukraine said attacks its sovereignty.
Western nations largely see The Action as a pretext for a wider invasion. On Monday Mr Putin ordered soldiers into the breakaway Donetsk and Luhansk regions, to " keep The Peace " - a description the US called " nonsense".
Satellite imagery over The Past 24 hours has shown several new troop and equipment deployments in western Russia, and More Than 100 vehicles at an airfield in Belarus near Ukraine 's Border , according to US space technology company Maxar.
Russia's military has not commented, and it is not clear if any Russian troops have yet been sent into eastern Ukraine .
Announcing his " first tranche" of measures directly targeting the Russian State , Mr Biden said on Tuesday: " To put it simply, Russia just announced that it is carving out a big chunk of Ukraine . "
The moves include sanctions on Russia's foreign debt, meaning the country can no longer raise money for its state financing from Western financial institutions.
The US is also punishing high-ranking " elites" from Russia.
" They share the corrupt gains of the Kremlin policies, and should share in The Pain as well, " Mr Biden said.
The US had already banned American companies from dealing with the rebel-held Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk - But few companies do.
The UK and European Union also announced a wave of sanctions against Russian banks and individuals earlier on Tuesday.
Among the developments:
None of the sanctions went As Far as what had been threatened in The Event of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine , though both US and European officials stressed that more action would follow if The Situation deteriorated.
The US is also moving troops into Nato member states Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - which are on or near Russia's Border - an official said.
The military redeployment from Italy involves some 800 infantry troops along with A Number of F-35 fighter jets and 20 attack helicopters, some of which will go to Poland.
Diplomatic efforts to avert the Ukraine crisis have So Far failed, and in Russia on Tuesday President Putin said the Minsk agreements - The Peace deals aimed at averting years-long conflict in eastern Ukraine - " do not exist".
The agreements " were killed long before yesterday's recognition of The People 's republics of Donbas, " He Said , using the administrative name for the two regions of eastern Ukraine . " And not by us, not by representatives of these republics, But by the current Kyiv authorities. "
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken followed Mr Biden's speech by announcing he had cancelled a planned Thursday meeting with his Russian counterpart.
" Now that we see The Invasion is beginning and Russia has made clear its wholesale rejection of diplomacy, it does not make sense to go forward with that meeting at This Time , " He Said .
But he added that the US would engage with Russia if it changed its approach.
Ukraine 's President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier said he would consider cutting off diplomatic ties with Russia altogether over The Crisis .
In an evening address to The Nation , He Said he was calling up military reserve members for training - But also said Ukraine would still pursue a diplomatic solution.
There was " no need" for a full military mobilisation, Mr Zelensky said.
Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine have seized large swathes of territory since fierce fighting broke out in 2014. An estimated 14,000 People - including many civilians - have since died.
Source of news: bbc.com
