Novoluhanske (Ukrainian: Новолуганське; Russian: Новолуганское) is an rural-type settlement in Bakhmut Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at 56.2 km NE from the centre of Donetsk city, on the bank of the Luhan River, opposite to Svitlodarsk.
The War in Donbas that started in mid-April 2014 has brought along both civilian and military casualties.
Since the war started, Novoluhanske was considered no man's land and neither Ukrainian nor separatist forces were permanently stationed there.
This situation lasted until January 2017, when the town was captured by the Ukrainian army without resistance.
[3] On 18 December 2017, about 50 buildings, including a school, a kindergarten and a health post were damaged by an attack on the village of by Grad multiple rocket launchers.