Novoaidar (Ukrainian and Russian: Новоайдар) is an urban-type settlement which serves as the administrative center of Shchastia Raion of Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located in the center of the Oblast, east of Sievierodonetsk. Population: 7,879 (2021 est.)[1].
Until July 2020, Novoaidar served as the center of Novoaidar Raion.[2] As the result of the 2020 reform of the administrative divisions of Ukraine, in July 2020 the number of raions (districts) in Luhansk Oblasts was reduced to six and Shchastia Raion was created.[3][4]
During the War in Donbas the settlement stayed under Ukrainian government control (unlike other places in Luhansk Oblast).[5][6] During the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election pro-Russian separatists tried and were allegedly stopped from stealing cast ballots, according to the Ukrainian interior ministry one person was killed and another injured in the shootout.[7][6]
Economy
Transportation
Novoaidar is on Highway H21 which connects Starobilsk and Luhansk, however, the section between Shchastia and Luhansk, south of Novoaidar, is controlled by the Luhansk People's Republic, and free movement from Novoaidar to Luhansk is impossible.
There is a railway line in Novoaidar, which is currently disconnected from the rest of the railway network in Ukraine. To the south, it extends to Kondrashivska Nova, in Stanytsia Luhanska, and to the north it runs to Starobilsk, crosses the border to Russia, and further runs to Valuyki. In Novoaidar, there are three railway stations: Noviy Aidar, 920km, and Marsivskyi. There is infrequent passenger traffic between Kondrashivska Nova and Lantrativka.
Russian troops in Novoaidar.
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 3 March 2022, as part of the invasion, the Luhansk PR announced that Novoaidar was captured by Russian forces.[8][9]
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