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Luhansk oblast, Ukraine: events and estimated deaths in March 2026

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UCDP recorded 6 eventsP of organized violence in Luhansk oblast, Ukraine in March 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 14P. The low estimate is 8 and the high estimate is 18P. UCDP counts 1P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for February 2026 was 3 eventsP.

The count for March 2025 was 25 events. The change from March 2025 to March 2026 is down 76 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Luhansk oblast, Ukraine, March 2026 has the 22nd highest count of events. Luhansk oblast, Ukraine holds 2 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Ukraine in March 2026. In March 2025, the share was 4 percent.

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

The report of the country for this month: Ukraine, March 2026.

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 .

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Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Ukraine has each event.

Table 1. Luhansk oblast, March 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
5 Mar 2026Luhansk oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based111
11 Mar 2026Severodonetsk raion, Luhansk oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based414
16 Mar 2026Dovzhansk raion, Luhansk oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based213
26 Mar 2026Svativskyi raion, Luhansk oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based333
27 Mar 2026Starobilsk raion, Luhansk oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based213
31 Mar 2026Luhansk oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based214

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

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Luhansk oblast: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of March 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Russia (Soviet Union)6P14P
Government of Ukraine6P14P

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.

All months

Table 3. 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.

Luhansk oblast: all figures

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ConflictStats. Luhansk oblast, Ukraine: events and estimated deaths in March 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/ukraine/luhansk-oblast/month/2026-03/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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