Talk:Luhansk Oblast campaign

Battle of Serebrianka Forest (2022-present)

Regarding name, definition and such. 'The Battle of Serebrianka Forest (2022-present)' perhaps deserves its own page, or at least to be commemorated as an ongoing and long-lasting 'battle' in its own right. Since the Second Battle of Lyman, most of the fiercest fighting in this sector has been in Serebrianka Forest, the mention of which has greater gravitas with Ukrainians than an international audience, because of substandard journalism and the myriad names complicating things (Lyman front; Luhansk Campaign; Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line; Kupyansk-Lyman axis; Lyman-Sievierodonetsk front, etc.) Indeed, with the Battles of Sieverodonetsk and Lysychansk, and the 2022-present fighting in Serebrianka Forest, most people here simply say they're fighting on 'The Lyman front' or in 'Serebryansky Lís'… 'Luhansk Campaign' could be backdated to pre-Second Battle of Lyman, and the battles of Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk, and the earliest forest fighting.

It muddies the waters to use all these different names, and international journalists regurgitate the same rubbish ad nauseam. This sector is barely covered or known because to our southeast, anything within thirty miles of Bakhmut seems to be called 'Bakhmut'. Plus, even 'the Lyman front', whilst admirably simplified, fails to recognise that Lyman is in Donetsk oblast, on the other side of the forest, whereas the bulk of the ongoing Battle of Serebryansky Lís in its easternmost sectors is in Luhansk oblast.

What you call the 'Luhansk Campaign' predates the Second Battle of Lyman: this whole theatre has been raging since the start of the full-scale. And the forest fighting deserves its own page, really, given scale and ferocity, and how comparative skirmishes are referred to as 'The Battle of…'

The perspective of a participant, not outside onlooker. Slava Ukraini. F.

Oskil river offensive

MANY UKRAINIAN SOURCES, like deepstate, and 3rd assault brigade of AFU. made a statement about the powerful offensive of the Russian Armed Forces near the border of the LPR and the Kharkov region: “The front line of the Third Assault on the border of the Lugansk region with the Kharkov region is today one of the most intense areas of the offensive of Russian troops. Their immediate task is to reach the village of Cherneshchina - Pervomayskoe, with the subsequent capture of the village of Borovaya. SO I ASK TO THE EDITORS TO ADD THIS SECTION TO THE ARTICLE Nicolas taquino ricio (talk) 19:07, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Infobox content

While I agree that we should be omitting casualty claims or estimates for more recent engagements, this campaign has lasted for almost two years, and the Ukrainians have been releasing regular monthly claims of Russian losses here since at least November, with a gap only between February and March 2024. It's also not unprecedented to have casualty claims and estimates of ongoing battles and campaigns in the infobox, as it’s been done many times, both for this war and others. Just because it's a rule on some other pages does not necessarily mean it's a rule on here, at least not without a prior discussion. Tomissonneil (talk) 05:11, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

WP:ONUS applies. There are good reasons why there is a general consensus that articles in this war do not report casualties in the infobox for ongoing engagements. The infobox is for key facts. Claims of casualties are not facts. An infobox is unsuited for capturing the nuance and detail of conflicting claims, incomplete information and the flux of an ongoing engagement, which is best left to prose. Cinderella157 (talk) 01:38, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Fighting within Kupiansk, late 2024

Ping @Flemmish Nietzsche, Ping @RadioactiveBoulevardier, Ping @SaintPaulOfTarsus Ping @Cinderella157, Ping @RopeTricks

Just messaging all the frequents editors of the Russo-Ukrainian war. I want to confirm if there are clashes in within the northern part of the city of Kupiansk. I was looking at maps such as DeepState recently and just want to make sure this is correct. Gerald1984 (talk) 12:28, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

Yes, fighting is ongoing within the city, [1] though any dedicated battle article should wait until the clashes are widely covered by media sources. Flemmish Nietzsche (talk) 12:31, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

I agree with Flemmish Nietzsche regarding a dedicated article. Cinderella157 (talk) 23:25, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

I also agree with Cinderella157 and Flemmish Nietzsche regarding the article so far. RopeTricks (talk) 00:50, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

I agree with all of my esteemed colleagues above. Thanks for the ping. SaintPaulOfTarsus (talk) 01:39, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Also agree with everything above. Appreciate the ping. Cheers, RadioactiveBoulevardier (talk) 21:22, 17 November 2024 (UTC)