Novoaidar

Novoaidar Новоайдар
Rural settlement
Coat of arms
Novoaidar Location in Luhansk Oblast Show map of Luhansk Oblast Novoaidar Location in Ukraine Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°58′18″N 39°00′21″E / 48.97167°N 39.00583°E / 48.97167; 39.00583
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Luhansk Oblast
Raion	Shchastia Raion
Hromada	Novoaidar settlement hromada
Population  (2022)
• Total	7,773
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	https://novoaydar.ru/

Novoaidar (Ukrainian and Russian: Новоайдар) is a rural settlement in Shchastia Raion, Luhansk Oblast, in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Resirence of Novoaidar settlement hromada. Novoaidar is 57km, by road from regional centre Luhansk, 43km from Sieverodonetsk, and 747km from Kyiv. Novoaidar is located on the river Aidar, and is on Highway H21, which runs from Donetsk to Starobilsk.

On March 3, 2022, just over a week after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine began, Novoaidar was taken by Russian forces.^[1][2] Following the 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.^[3][4] Novoaidar has an estimated population of 7,773 (2022 estimate).^[5]