Popasna

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Popasna Попасна (Ukrainian)
City
Popasna railway station in 2019
Flag Coat of arms
Popasna Show map of Luhansk Oblast Popasna Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°38′00″N 38°22′48″E / 48.63333°N 38.38000°E / 48.63333; 38.38000
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Luhansk Oblast
Raion	Sievierodonetsk Raion
Hromada	Popasna urban hromada
Founded	1878
City status	1938
Population  (2018)	20,600

Popasna (Ukrainian: Попасна; Russian: Попасная, romanized: Popasnaya) is a city in Sievierodonetsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Popasna urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1] In 2018, it was estimated that it had a population of 20,600 people.^[2]

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the city was largely destroyed as a result of fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces. Since the end of the battle on 8 May 2022, it has been occupied by Russia.^[3][4]