Ukrainian Town –Vuhledar

Article Title: Ukrainian Town –Vuhledar

03-10-2024

International Relations Current Affairs Analysis

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Vuhledar - which means 'gift of coal' - is a coal mining town in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region with a pre-war population of around 14,000 people, nearly all of whom have fled.

Russian troops are in complete control of the town of Vuhledar in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region that has resisted Russian assaults for more than two years.