About the situation in Luhansk region as of the morning of 05/23/2026

Personnel shortage in the "LPR" - 90% of vacancies are unfilled with specialists, in many high-rise buildings in Siverskodonetsk less than a quarter of the apartments are occupied, the invaders used rocket artillery three times in Luhansk region

"Over the past day, the Russians have launched 12 assaults in the Lyman direction. Fighting took place in the areas of six settlements. In Luhansk region, they struck three times with multiple launch rocket systems. Twice more - with cannon artillery. They also carried out mortar and grenade launcher attacks. The invaders directed 13 UAVs at the fortifications of the Ukrainian defenders," said Oleksiy Kharchenko, head of the regional military administration.

The invaders do not create decent working conditions in the so-called "LPR". Therefore, it is difficult to invite specialists from other regions there. And there are already an acute shortage of our own. Of the 14 thousand vacancies registered in the "republican employment center", only a little more than one thousand were closed in six months. For more than 12 thousand jobs, there are either no applicants or they do not meet the requirements. Specialists left the occupied Luhansk region.

The invaders like to shoot propaganda scenes in Siverskodonetsk with a lot of cars and people in the frame. The harsh reality indicates otherwise - the houses remain empty. Even those that were almost not damaged during the storming of the city. Thus, in one of the high-rise buildings there are only six families living, four of whom are elderly.