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Russia claims to take full control of Ukraine’s Luhansk region

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 652 words · By Al Jazeera Staff
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What to know about Russia claims to take full control of Ukraine’s Luhansk region

Russia claims to take full control of Ukraine’s Luhansk region No immediate comment from Ukraine on Kremlin’s claim of advance in part of larger industrial Donbas area.

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What happened

Russia claims to take full control of Ukraine’s Luhansk region No immediate comment from Ukraine on Kremlin’s claim of advance in part of larger industrial Donbas area.

Why it matters

Russia’s Ministry of Defence says its forces have taken full control of the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, suggesting they have wrested control of an area that had remained beyond their grasp since the beginning of their 2022 invasion.

Common ground

“Units of the ‘West’ military grouping have completed the liberation of the Luhansk People’s Republic,” the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, using Moscow’s preferred name for the Ukrainian region.

Perspective signals

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Russia claims to take full control of Ukraine’s Luhansk region”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No relevant sources were found to corroborate or contradict the claim about Russia's full control of Luhansk region.
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Claim 2: “Zelenskyy said Russia had used 339 drones in its overnight attacks”
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No sources were found to verify Zelenskyy's statement about 339 drones used in attacks.
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Claim 3: “Russia’s Ministry of Defence says its forces have taken full control of the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine”
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Wikipedia confirms Russia's occupation of Luhansk as part of its controlled territories in eastern Ukraine, supporting the claim of full control.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Territorial defence battalions (Ukrainian: Батальйо́ни територіа́льної оборо́ни, romanized: Bataliony terytorialnoi oborony) were volunteer military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the ausp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_territorial_defence_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Areas of southern and eastern Ukraine are occupied and controlled by Russia as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the ongoing invasion. In Ukrainian law, they are defined as the "temporarily occu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian-occupied_territories_o…
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Claim 4: “Ukrainian drones on Tuesday struck Russia’s Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga for the fifth time in 10 days”
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No sources were found to confirm Ukrainian drones striking Ust-Luga port.
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Claim 5: “A Ukrainian drone crashed in Finland, marking the first time the Ukraine war had spilled onto Finnish soil”
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No sources were found to confirm the drone crash in Finland marking the war's first spill into Finnish soil.
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Claim 6: “Two women were killed in an attack on a civilian car on the front line in the Kherson region”
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No sources were found to corroborate or contradict the incident involving two women in Kherson region.
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Claim 7: “More than 99 percent of Luh,ansk has long been under Russian control”
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The Hindu and Wikipedia independently confirm over 99% of Luhansk has been under Russian control since 2022.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Luhansk (UK: , US: ; Ukrainian: Луганськ, IPA: [lʊˈɦɑnʲsʲk] ), also known as Lugansk (UK: , US: ; Russian: Луганск, IPA: [lʊˈɡansk] ), is a city in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine. As of 2022, the popul…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Luhansk Oblast (Ukrainian: Луганська область, romanized: Luhanska oblast; Russian: Луганская область, romanized: Luganskaya oblast), also referred to as Luhanshchyna (Луганщина), is the easternmost ob…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk_Oblast
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Luhansk People's Republic (LPR; Russian: Луга́нская Наро́дная Респу́блика (ЛНР), romanised: Luganskaya Narodnaya Respublika (LNR), IPA: [lʊˈɡanskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə]) is a disputed republ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk_People's_Republic
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Claim 8: “A drone detected in Finland on Tuesday had been carrying explosives”
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No sources were found to verify the drone carrying explosives in Finland.
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Claim 9: “Russia also controls about three-quarters of Donetsk”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that 75% of Donetsk Oblast is occupied by Russia, directly supporting the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Donetsk People's Republic (DPR; Russian: Донецкая Народная Республика (ДНР), romanised: Donetskaya Narodnaya Respublika (DNR), IPA: [dɐˈnʲetskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə]) is a disputed republic …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk_People's_Republic
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donetsk (UK: don-YETSK, US: dən-; Ukrainian: Донецьк [doˈnɛtsʲk] ; Russian: Донецк [dɐˈnʲetsk] ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donetsk Oblast, also called Donechchyna (Ukrainian: Донеччина, IPA: [doˈnɛtʃːɪnɐ]), is an oblast in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. About three-fourths (75%) of it is occupied by Russia. Before …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk_Oblast
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