Novoaidar

Novoaidar
Новоайдар
Rural settlement
Coat of arms of Novoaidar
Coat of arms
Novoaidar is located in Luhansk Oblast
Novoaidar
Novoaidar
Location in Luhansk Oblast
Novoaidar is located in Ukraine
Novoaidar
Novoaidar
Location in Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°58′18″N 39°00′21″E / 48.97167°N 39.00583°E / 48.97167; 39.00583
Country Ukraine
OblastLuhansk Oblast
RaionShchastia Raion
HromadaNovoaidar settlement hromada
Population
 (2022)
 • Total7,773
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitehttps://novoaydar.ru/

Novoaidar (Ukrainian and Russian: Новоайдар) is a rural settlement in Shchastia Raion, Luhansk Oblast, in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Resirence of Novoaidar settlement hromada. Novoaidar is 57km, by road from regional centre Luhansk, 43km from Sieverodonetsk, and 747km from Kyiv. Novoaidar is located on the river Aidar, and is on Highway H21, which runs from Donetsk to Starobilsk.

On March 3, 2022, just over a week after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine began, Novoaidar was taken by Russian forces.[1][2] Following the 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine, Russia has claimed the settlement as part of their Luhansk People's Republic (LPR / LNR), and it remains under Russian control.[3][4] Novoaidar has an estimated population of 7,773 (2022 estimate).[5]

  1. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 3". 3 March 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  2. ^ https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=17464@morfVideoAudioFile [bare URL]
  3. ^ "Moscow's proxies in occupied Ukraine regions report big votes to join Russia". 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Official Novoaidar site". Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  5. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.