Kreminna: City in Luhansk oblast, Ukraine
Kreminna (Ukrainian: Кремінна; Russian: Кременная) is a city in the Sievierodonetsk Raion of the Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine.
Before 2020, it was the administrative center of the former Kreminna Raion.
Kreminna Кремінна (in Ukrainian) | |
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 Kreminna railway station | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
| Raion | Sievierodonetsk Raion |
| Founded | 1680 |
| City Status | 1938 |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 18,417 |
| Area code | (+380) |
| Vehicle registration | BB / 13 |
| Climate | Dfb |
In March 2022, the pro-Russian mayor Volodymyr Struk who supported Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, was found shot dead in the street after having been kidnapped from his home. On 19 April 2022, the city was captured by Russian military forces during the invasion.
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