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Luhansk oblast, Ukraine: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Luhansk oblastPopulation about 2,167,802 (Wikidata)

UCDP recorded 5 eventsP of organized violence in Luhansk oblast, Ukraine in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 13P. The low estimate is 6 and the high estimate is 18P. The count for August 2026 was 14 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 127 eventsP in Luhansk oblast, Ukraine. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 320P. The low estimate is 167 and the high estimate is 485P. UCDP counts 70P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 16 regions of Ukraine with a page, Luhansk oblast has the 7th highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Luhansk oblast holds 3 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Ukraine in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded 345 events in Luhansk oblast. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 127P, which is down 63 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Ukraine as a whole went from 6,902 to 4,642P, which is down 33 percent. For the events in Luhansk oblast, the three types of violence have shares within 5 points of the shares for Ukraine.

Table 1. Luhansk oblast, Ukraine: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events514127
Estimated deaths, best estimate1338320
Low estimate of deaths617167
High estimate of deaths1854485
Deaths of civilians0270

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

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  • UCDP recorded 5 events in Luhansk oblast, Ukraine, in September 2026 (preliminary). The count for August 2026 was 14 (preliminary).

All changes recorded on 28 Oct 2026

24 months

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Figure 1. Events in Luhansk oblast by month. A hollow column is a preliminary month. The line marks the change of dataset: GED to the left, Candidate Events from Jan 2026 to the right. The two datasets are not made in the same way, so a step at the line is not only a change in the events. The figures are in Table 5.
Figure 2. Events in Luhansk oblast, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 127 events with 320 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Luhansk oblast: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Russia (Soviet Union)127P320P
Government of Ukraine127P320P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Second-level areas

The areas in Luhansk oblast that UCDP names in the events. The table has 10 areas at most.

Table 3. Second-level areas of Luhansk oblast in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Alchevsk raion9P15P
Dovzhansk raion2P3P
Kadiivka City municipality1P4P
Luhansk City municipality2P2P
Lutuhyns'kyi raion1P4P
Perevalsk raion2P2P
Severodonetsk raion38P79P
Shchastia raion3P6P
Starobilsk raion9P31P
Svativskyi raion47P143P

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 4. Luhansk oblast: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict127P100%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians00%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

Monthly reports

One report for each month with events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events.

Table 5. Monthly reports of Luhansk oblast, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20265P13PCandidate Events
August 202614P38PCandidate Events
July 202624P31PCandidate Events
June 202622P37PCandidate Events
May 202613P53PCandidate Events
April 20268P27PCandidate Events
March 20266P14PCandidate Events
February 20263P3PCandidate Events
January 20264P13PCandidate Events
December 2025520GED
November 2025724GED
October 20251647GED
September 20252644GED
August 202545140GED
July 20252857GED
June 20252055GED
May 20252765GED
April 202544148GED
March 20252592GED
February 20253484GED
January 20251755GED
December 20242386GED
November 20242493GED
October 202432167GED
September 202451169GED
August 20242987GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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Questions

How many events did UCDP record in Luhansk oblast, Ukraine in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 5 eventsP of organized violence in Luhansk oblast, Ukraine in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 14 eventsP.

How does UCDP count deaths?

UCDP gives a best estimate, a low estimate and a high estimate for each event. This page uses the best estimate. For Luhansk oblast, Ukraine in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 320P. The low estimate is 167 and the high estimate is 485P.

Are the figures of the latest months final?

No. The figures from January 2026 are from UCDP Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them. UCDP releases the reviewed dataset, the GED, one time each year.