Novoaidar

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].

Novoaidar
Новоайдар
Urban-type settlement
Novoaidar
Location in Luhansk Oblast
Novoaidar
Location in Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°58′18″N 39°00′21″E
Country Ukraine
OblastLuhansk Oblast
RaionShchastia Raion
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total7,879
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

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]

On March 3rd 2022 during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine the Luhansk People's Republic announced it had captured the settlement.[8]

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, 920 km, and Marsivskyi. There is infrequent passenger traffic between Kondrashivska Nova and Lantrativka.

References
  1. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  2. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  3. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). July 18, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  4. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  5. Zelenskyy in the Conflict Zone: Liberated Regions in 1942 to Occupied in 2018, Hromadske.TV (11 May 2020)
  6. Billionaire candy-maker Petro Poroshenko wins Ukraine presidential election, CBS News (25 April 2014)
  7. One killed, one wounded in shooting in Novoaidar, Luhansk region, says Interior Ministry, Interfax-Ukraine (25 April 2014)
  8. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 3". Critical Threats. Retrieved March 15, 2022.

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