Svatove
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Svatove is a city on the Krasna River in Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Svatove Raion. Its population is 16,145. It has been occupied by Russia since 2022.
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Image: 44 240 0014 Особняк (мур.), Сватове, вул. Садова, 47
Image: 44 240 0011 Сільська управа (мур.), Сватове, вул. Державна (Леніна), 20
Luhansk People's Republic
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The Luhansk People's Republic or Lugansk People's Republic is an internationally unrecognised republic of Russia in the occupied parts of eastern Ukraine's Luhansk Oblast, with its capital in Luhansk. The LPR was proclaimed by Russian-backed paramilitaries in 2014, and it initially operated as a breakaway state until it was annexed by Russia in 2022.
The occupation of the Security Service of Ukraine building in Luhansk
A Luhansk People's Republic People's Militia member in June 2014
Valery Bolotov proclaims the Act of Independence of the Luhansk People's Republic, 12 May 2014
A ballot paper sample for the referendum: "Do you support the declaration of state independence of the Lugansk People's Republic? Yes or No"