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Was an unrecognized separatist Republic in eastern Ukraine backed by Russia. The Republic was inglobated into Russia in 2022.
Establishment
April 2014: Pro-Russia separatists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk declared the establishment of a "Luhansk People's Republic".
April 2014: A city administration building in Pervomaisk was overrun by Luhansk People's Republic.
April 2014: Luhansk Militants seized control over the city administration building in Alchevsk.
May 2014: Insurgents occupied the city administration building in Stakhanov.
May 2014: The police headquarters in Slovianoserbsk was seized by members of the Luhansk Army of the South-East.
May 2014: The town of Antratsyt was occupied by forces affiliated to the Luhansk People's Republic.
May 2014: Insurgents seized the prosecutor's office in Sievierodonetsk.
May 2014: Supporters of the Luhansk People's Republic captured government buildings in Starobilsk.
May 2014: In Krasnyi Luch, the city administration conceded to demands by separatist activists to support the referendums on the status of Donetsk and Luhansk being held on 11 May, and followed by raising the Russian flag over the city administration building.
May 2014: The Luhansk separatist authorities unilaterally declared independence from Ukraine on May 12, 2014, following a referendum.
July 2014: The suburb of Mayorsk, just outside Horlivka, and the city of Sievierodonetsk, in Luhansk Oblast, were recaptured by the Armed Forces.
July 2014: Government forces recaptured Lysychansk.
July 2014: Debaltseve conquered by Ukraine.
July 2014: Insurgent losses to Ukraine government forces by 28 July 2014.
August 2014: The Ukrainians captured the vital town of Krasnyi Luch.
August 2014: The cities of Pervomaisk, Kalynove, Komyshuvakha, in western Luhansk Oblast near Popasna, were captured by government forces.
August 2014: Insurgent losses in Luhansk by 31 August 2014.
Chronology
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Are a series of conflicts that are considered to be a consequence of the Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
1.1.Russo-Ukrainian War
Is a conflict between Russia and Ukraine, part of the conflicts related to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The main reasons for the conflict are the control of the Ukrainian territories of Donbas and Crimea (both territories have a substantial Russian-speaking populations, in particular Crimea has a majority Russian-speaking population) and Russian influence in former USSR countries. The war started in 2014 with the Russian annexion of Crimea and the Russian-sponsored secession of the the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) from Ukraine. After a phase of low-level warfare (2016-2021), Russia started a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
1.1.1.War in Donbas
Was a conflict between Russia and Ukraine over the Donbas region that later esclataed in the 2022 Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
1.1.1.1.Secession of Donetsk and Luhansk
Was the secession of the Donetsk and Luhansk republics from Ukraine at the beginning of the War in Donbas, part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian conflict.
1.1.1.2.Ukraine Counterrattack
Was a military counterattack by Ukrainian government forces against the recently created breakaway Donetsk and Luhansk republics. .
1.1.1.3.Shyrokyne standoff
Was a battle for the control of the strategic village of Shyrokyne, part of the War in Donbas.
April 2015: It was confirmed the separatists had captured the village of Vodyane.
1.1.1.4.Battle of Debaltseve
Was a military confrontation in the city of Debaltseve, Donetsk Oblast, between the pro-Russian separatist forces of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), and the Ukrainian Armed Forces, starting in mid-January 2015 during the war in the Donbas region.
February 2015: DPR and LPR forces capture Debaltseve, Vuhlehirsk, Lohvynove and four other villages.
1.1.2.Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Is the full-scale invasion of Ukraine started by Russia on 24 February 2022, part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War.
1.1.2.1.Eastern Ukraine Front
The theatre of War of the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine in the Ukrainian Donetsk Oblast, Luhansk Oblast, and Kharkiv Oblast.
February 2022: Russian conquests in Ukraine as of February 25th, 2022.
February 2022: LPR advance up to Starobilsk.
March 2022: Russian, LPR and DPR forces capture Starobilsk.
March 2022: Ukrainian forces lost control of Svatove, Starobilsk and Novopskov.
March 2022: The head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik, claimed that "almost 80% of the territory" of the Luhansk region is occupied.
April 2022: After Russia abandoned its offensive to capture Kyiv, it shifted its attention to eastern and southern Ukraine.
April 2022: It was reported that Russian and LNR troops had entered the city of Kreminna.
May 2022: Russia and separatist troops also captured Popasna.
May 2022: On 12 May, Russian forces seized Rubizhne and the nearby town of Voevodivka.
June 2022: Russian forces captured Metiolkine on Sievierodonetsk's eastern outskirts.
June 2022: Russia took control of Toshkivka.
June 2022: Russian forces capture the city of Sievierodonetsk and the settlements of Syrotyne, Voronove and Borivske.
July 2022: President Zelenskyy acknowledged the loss of the Luhansk Oblast.
July 2022: The interior ministry of the LPR reported that their troops and Russian troops had entered Siversk.
July 2022: Russian forces reportedly captured the Vuhlehirska Power Station.
1.1.2.2.2022 Ukrainian eastern counteroffensive
Was a counteroffensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory of the Kharkiv Oblast which was launched on 6 September 2022.
September 2022: The Ukrainian Ground Forces recaptured the village of Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast.
1.1.2.3.Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts
On 30 September 2022, Russia unilaterally declared the annexation of the territories under ist control in four Ukrainian oblasts - Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
September 2022: On 30 September 2022, Russia unilaterally declared the annexation of the territories under ist control in four Ukrainian oblasts - Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
Luhansk People's Republic
