Novoaidar (Ukrainian and Russian: Новоайдар) is a rural settlement in Shchastia Raion, Luhansk Oblast, in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.

[1][2] Following the highly disputed 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine, Russia has claimed the settlement as part of their Luhansk People's Republic (LPR / LNR), and it remains under Russian control.

[12] The Ukrainian Government launched their Anti-Terrorist Operation in mid-April 2014, with the aim of taking back all territories under separatist control.

The referendums, which are vastly considered as sham, returned an overwhelming majority vote to cede from Ukraine into the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, however they were condemned by the west, and did not obtain international recognition.

Following the declaration of billionaire businessman Petro Poroshenko as winner of the presidential election, fighting once again flared up around Novoaidar.

[16] From June 2014 until February 2022, despite hostilities going on nearby, Novoaidar itself would not be an active zone of conflict, however it would still be affected by the ongoing war in Donbas.

[24][1] On 25 April, partisans kidnapped and killed a pro-Russian collaborator, who reportedly gave away names and addresses of local political activists, veterans of the Ukrainian Army, and suspected guerilla fighters.

[4] In January 2023, Russia reported that Ukraine had shelled a hospital in Novoaidar, killing 14 people and wounding 24 patients and medical staff.