Sieverodonetsk

Sievierodonetsk is a town in the Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine. Sievierodonetsk has the popularity of a town of regional significance, It is positioned close by the Seversky Donets River, approximately 110 km to the north west from the Oblast capital, Luhansk. Severodonetsk is the acting administrative centre of Luhansk Oblast due to Luhansk being quickly managed through self-proclaimed seasoned-Russian separatist agency, now not beneath control of the Ukrainian government, further to Mariupol performing because the place of work of Donetsk Oblast in the course of the Russian navy intervention in Ukraine.

Sievierodonetsk has numerous factories and a large chemical production centre "Azot". There is a domestic airport in a nearby city. During the 2014 seasoned-Russian unrest in Ukraine the city was captured overdue May 2014 via seasoned-Russian militants. No Ukrainian presidential election in 2014 was held inside the metropolis as the militants did now not permit the balloting places to open and much of the Election commission belongings become either stolen or destroyed. On 22 July 2014, Ukrainian forces regained control of the town. Heavy combating continued across the metropolis for a number of days; on 23 July 2014 the National Guard of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Army launched a announcement that stated they were "continuing the cleansing of Sieverodonetsk".