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

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UCDP recorded 13 eventsP of organized violence in Luhansk oblast, Ukraine in May 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 53P. The low estimate is 33 and the high estimate is 72P. UCDP counts 23P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2026 was 8 eventsP.

The count for May 2025 was 27 events. The change from May 2025 to May 2026 is down 52 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Luhansk oblast, Ukraine, May 2026 has the 19th highest count of events. Luhansk oblast, Ukraine holds 4 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Ukraine in May 2026. In May 2025, the share was 5 percent.

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

The report of the country for this month: Ukraine, May 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 the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Ukraine has each event.

Table 1. Luhansk oblast, May 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (1 of 13 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
22 May 2026Starobilsk raion, Luhansk oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based212121

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 May 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Russia (Soviet Union)13P53P
Government of Ukraine13P53P

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 May 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/ukraine/luhansk-oblast/month/2026-05/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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