Russia claims troops have taken full control of Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine: reports
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“The Russian Defence Ministry said on Wednesday (April 1, 2026) that its forces had taken full control of the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine”
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— 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…
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk
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— 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk_Oblast
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— On 30 September 2022, Russia, amid an ongoing invasion of Ukraine, unilaterally declared its annexation of areas in and around four Ukrainian oblasts—Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia. Most …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_annexation_of_Donetsk,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_annexation_of_Donetsk,…
“More than 99% of Luhansk, one of four Ukrainian regions Russia claimed as its own in 2022... has long been under Russian control”
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— 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk
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— 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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— 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk_People's_Republic
“"Units of the ‘West’ military grouping have completed the liberation of the Luhansk People's Republic," the Defence Ministry said in a statement”
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— 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk_People's_Republic
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— 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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— Russian separatist forces in Ukraine, primarily the People's Militias of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), were pro-Russian paramilitaries in the Donbas regi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_separatist_forces_in_U…
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“Reuters could not independently verify the battlefield report”
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“Luhansk is one of two regions... which make up the wider industrialised Donbas area”
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“The Kremlin... reiterated its demand that Ukrainian forces withdraw from the part of Donetsk which Moscow does not control”
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“Russia's Defence Ministry said its forces had also taken control of the village of Verkhnya Pysarivka... and of Boikove”
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“Published - April 01, 2026 05:00 pm IST”
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— Published On 1 Apr 2026
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/4/1/judge-halt…
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/4/1/judge-halt…
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— It’s Wednesday, 1 April 2026, it’s Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/01/zelenskyy…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/01/zelenskyy…
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— Published - April 01, 2026 10:24 am IST
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/uscis-completes-…
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/uscis-completes-…
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