Official Name: | Lutuhyne |
Settlement Type: | City |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Name1: | Luhansk Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
Subdivision Name2: | Luhansk Raion |
Subdivision Type3: | Hromada |
Subdivision Name3: | Lutuhyne urban hromada |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title1: | City Status |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Total: | 17061 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Luhansk Oblast#Ukraine |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | (+380) |
Registration Plate: | BB / 13 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Dfa |
Lutuhyne is a city in the Luhansk Raion of Luhansk Oblast (region) of Eastern Ukraine, Donbas. Residence of Lutuhyne urban hromada. The 2022 population was
From mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Luhansk Oblast,[1] [2] including Lutuhyne.[3] On 27 July 2014, Ukrainian forces claimed their troops had entered the city, and would restore Ukrainian control, yet by autumn it was clear that Lutuhyne was under the control of the pro-Russian, self-declared Lugansk People's Republic, and would remain that way from autumn 2014 on. [4] [5] After the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the city became the scene of significant pro-Ukrainian partisan warfare.[6] Following the highly disputed 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine, Russia has claimed the settlement as their territory.
Ethnic composition and native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[7] [8]