Bilohorivka, Luhansk Oblast
Bilohorivka (, ; ) is an urban-type settlement in Sievierodonetsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is located approximately  northwest from the centre of Luhansk and  west-south-west from Sievierodonetsk. The population is 

As of August 2023, Bilohorivka is one of the few settlements in Luhansk Oblast which is still under the control of Ukrainian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, who have repelled attempts by Russian forces to capture the settlement. History

A documented sixty people in Bilohorivka (including the surrounding villages in ) died as a result of the Holodomor, a manmade famine in Soviet Ukraine that lasted from 1932 to 1933. In 2020, Bilohorivka settlement council was liquidated and merged into Lysychansk urban hromada. 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

According to the Governor of Luhansk Oblast Serhiy Haidai, a school in Bilohorivka was bombed by a Russian airstrike on 7 May 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, where up to 60 people died, although only 2 were confirmed. On 12 May 2022, a Russian battalion tactical group attempted to establish pontoon bridges to cross the Siverskyi Donets River. They were destroyed by Ukrainian forces, with great losses of life and equipment in the ensuing Battle of the Siverskyi Donets. The settlement would later be occupied by Russia after the Battle of Lysychansk. On 19 September 2022, it was confirmed that Ukrainian forces had regained full control over the settlement. On 20 September 2022, Serhii Haidai, the head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, said that "Bilohorivka was Ukraine’s last stronghold in Luhansk Oblast. It was the area of constant heavy fighting. Our defenders have squeezed the invaders out and are in full control of the town. However, it is still under artillery fire. The town no longer exists because the invaders razed it to the ground." References

Sievierodonetsk Raion
Urban-type settlements in Sievierodonetsk Raion