Vuhlehirsk (Ukrainian: Вуглегірськ, pronounced [wʊɦɫeˈɦ⁽ʲ⁾irsʲk]; Russian: Углегорск, romanized: Uglegorsk) is a city in Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine.

[2] In February 2015, during the war in Donbas, the city was captured by separatist forces of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic during the Battle of Debaltseve.

[3] The city was transferred to Horlivka Raion in July 2020, however, the pro-Russian occupation authorities of the Donetsk People's Republic do not recognize this new status.

The contact network was destroyed by the war in Donbas, a year after the successful addition of another trolleybus on the route, for a maximum of two vehicles during the peak.

The majority of the town's population is ethnic Ukrainian, while Russians make up the second largest group in the city.