Novopskov Raion
Template:Infobox Ukrainian raion Novopskov Raion (Template:Lang-uk) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the urban-type settlement of Novopskov. Population: 35,054 (2013 est.)[1].
After the proclamation of the separatist Luhansk People's Republic on 27 April 2014 the province Luhansk became a battlefield of the War in Donbass.[2] Novopskov Raion stayed under Ukrainian governmental control.[3] The separatist referendum on 11 May on independence was not held in the Raion.[4]
References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ Ukraine crisis timeline, BBC News
- ^ http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/ukrainian-army-debaltseve-and-mariupol-areas-key-target-of-militants-strikes-380383.html Ukrainian army: Debaltseve and Mariupol areas key target of militants' strikes], Kyiv Post (15 February 2014)
- ^ Any violations allowed in Luhansk Oblast referendum, Kyiv Post (11 May 2014)
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