Luhansk Oblast

Occupied Luhansk sees hidden mobilization push as Russian losses mount

A new wave of covert mobilization has begun in Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast, regional governor Oleksiy Kharchenko reported on Nov. 16.

16 November 2025, 06:36 PM

Zelenskyy adamant on Putin’s territory demands

Ukraine’s position on the partially Russia-occupied Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts remains firm, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Oct. 19, reiterating that Moscow continues to demand a full withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Donbas.

20 October 2025, 12:54 PM

Russian forces occupy Poltavka in Donetsk Oblast

Russian troops have seized the Ukrainian village of Poltavka in Donetsk Oblast, the DeepState monitoring group reported on Telegram late on Sept. 29.

30 September 2025, 08:23 AM

Russia targets Kupyansk and aims deeper push – ISW

Russia’s Defense Ministry openly declared its intention not only to seize Kupyansk but also to advance further into Kharkiv Oblast, underscoring Moscow’s broader ambitions to capture far more Ukrainian territory than Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson, the Institute for the Study of War said in a new report on Sept. 24.

24 September 2025, 01:36 PM

Ukraine cripples ammo, drone depots in Russia-occupied territories

Ukrainian forces successfully targeted several key Russian ammunition and drone storage sites in temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine in August and September, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported on Telegram on Sept. 22.

22 September 2025, 10:44 AM

Ukraine retakes villages in Donetsk Oblast as Russia pushes forward in Luhansk forest — DeepState

Ukraine’s Defense Forces have pushed Russian troops out of areas near the villages of Volodymyrivka and Shakhove in Donetsk Oblast’s Pokrovskyi district, the open-source intelligence group DeepState reported on Sept. 11.

11 September 2025, 04:00 PM

Russia intensifies forced mobilization of Ukrainians in occupied territories

Russian occupation forces are planning to increase the pace of mobilizing Ukrainian citizens in the temporarily occupied territories, Ukraine’s Center for National Resistance (NRC) wrote on Sept. 4.

5 September 2025, 09:11 AM

Ukrainian Security Service drones strike and destroy Russian ammo depots in occupied Luhansk Oblast

Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) drones struck two Russian ammunition depots in Bilokurakyne, temporarily occupied Luhansk, sources told NV on Aug. 19.

19 August 2025, 04:38 PM

Moscow plans to educate Chinese children in occupied Ukraine

Moscow and Beijing are planning to establish a Chinese educational “enclave” in occupied Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine, the Eastern Human Rights Group told NV on Aug. 16.

18 August 2025, 10:09 PM

Atesh sabotages Russian logistics in Luhansk Oblast

The Atesh resistance movement conducted a new sabotage operation against Russian forces in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk Oblast, according to the group’s statement on Telegram on Aug. 17.

17 August 2025, 01:00 PM

Examining transplant Russian judges doling out ‘justice’ in occupied Ukraine

After three and a half years of full-scale war, 20% of Ukrainian territory remains under Russian occupation. As part of its efforts to consolidate the imperial occupation of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya, and Kherson oblasts, Moscow dispatched scores of judges to weaponize law itself. NV presents an investigation into this corps of transplant judges.

11 August 2025, 07:26 PM

Russian army pushes into Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Russian troops have advanced near the village of Dachne in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, the DeepState monitoring group reported on Telegram on Aug. 8.

8 August 2025, 10:41 AM

Russian invaders capture two villages in Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts — DeepState

Russian troops have captured the village of Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast and the village of Zirka in Donetsk Oblast, the DeepState project reported on July 12.

12 July 2025, 03:39 PM

Russia falsely claims full control of Luhansk Oblast — ISW

The Kremlin "authorities" have claimed that Russian forces have fully seized all of Ukraine's Luhansk Oblast, but even pro-Russian milbloggers have disputed the claim, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on July 1.

2 July 2025, 09:40 AM

Russian invaders are advancing in three main directions with clear objectives for future operations — ISW

Russian occupation forces continued to pursue long-standing operational objectives in the war against Ukraine during spring and June 2025, and are unlikely to alter their strategy in the coming months, according to a report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) on June 22.

23 June 2025, 01:15 PM

Russian invaders in Luhansk are set to start drone training for children, signaling early military preparation

Russian invaders in the occupied part of Luhansk Oblast will train seven-year-old children to fly drones, marking the start of "war preparation from the first grade," according to Oleksiy Kharchenko, head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration, who reported this on June 23.

23 June 2025, 11:39 AM

50 Ukrainian kids taken to Russian camp in Kalmykia

Russian occupation authorities have relocated 50 children from the Antratsyt district in Luhansk Oblast to a children’s camp called Lesnaya Skazka in Kalmykia, Russia, claiming it is for “health improvement,” the National Security and Defense Council’s Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) reported on Telegram.

14 June 2025, 06:10 PM

‘Fresh Meat’ sign next to Russian army store enrages Russian military blogger

In the temporarily occupied city of Lutuhyne, Luhansk Oblast, a sign reading “Fresh Meat” was placed next to a banner advertising Russian military gear — provoking fury among Russian war propagandists.

12 June 2025, 12:15 PM

Russia pushes forward on four fronts in Donetsk, Luhansk oblasts

Russian forces have advanced in four frontline sectors in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, the DeepState monitoring group reported on Telegram on June 11.

11 June 2025, 07:51 AM

NV uncovers hidden gas flow from Crimea to occupied Ukrainian territories

NV has obtained documents revealing a scheme by the Russian government and Crimea's occupation authorities to supply energy from the annexed peninsula to occupied areas of Kherson, Zaporizhzhya and Luhansk oblasts on June 3.

3 June 2025, 11:39 AM

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