Last outpost of Luhansk region: Why Bigorivka is so important in the war in the Donbass
For the first time in a long time, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation managed to move near the settlement with the pre-war population near 800 people, and hostile resources disperse information about the alleged "taking" of a strategic point, writes "RBC-Ukraine". In May 2022, Bigorovka became one of the greatest defeat of the Russian army.
The invaders tried to force the Siverskyi Donets River, giving pontoon crossings, and Ukrainian defenders destroyed these "floating bridges" together with a large number of hostile equipment and personnel. Bigorivka is considered the last settlement of Lugansk region in the Siversky direction, which was not captured by the Russian army.
For a long time there are neither civilian residents nor any surviving house in the village, but instead the land was cut off from shelling and covered with the remains of destroyed Russian equipment. On February 23, the military of the Armed Forces with the call sign "Muzy" reported that the Russian 7 OMB fully established control of Belogorovka, selling the latest defense borders. On February 24, 2025, DeepState wrote that the Russian army advanced in Bigorivka of the Luhansk region.
According to analysts of the Ukrainian project, the terrain is mainly in the "gray zone" and only a small part is marked as occupied. "What is left of Bigorivka is not only the deep wounds of the war, but also a symbol of the stability and courage of each of our warrior. Bigorivka is a piece of Luhansk region, the loss of which means the loss of Luhansk region.
We will not allow it! February in the 81st Separate Airmobile Slobozhansky Brigade of the State Armed Forces of the Armed Forces, whose fighters have been two and a half years old They defend the village. On February 25, the head of the Lugansk Ova Ova Ova did not confirm the advance of the Russians, noting that there were very heavy battles near Bigorivka. "However, our defenders, as far as I know, keep the territory there," the official said.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces in its daily reports does not resort to details about the situation in the Bigorivka area, but constantly reports the reflection of hostile attacks. "In the Siversky direction, the enemy performed seven offensive actions in the areas of Bigorivka, Ivano-Darjivka and Verkhnamyansky," the General Staff reports in the report from the morning of February 26. The village is located at dominant altitudes, which control approaches to the Seversk Donetsk region.
Thus, the capture of Bigorivka would allow the occupying troops to move deep into the Donetsk region, improving their positions in eastern Ukraine. The military expert, the former spokesman of the Armed Forces General Staff Vladislav Seleznyov, notes that Bigorivka has repeatedly moved from hand to hand in the framework of the offensive actions of the Russian army and accordingly the counter -offensive - Ukrainian. "We have lost control of Bigorivka right now.
Official sources are not reported, but many Ukrainian OSINT researchers and like-minded people I trust, say that," Seleznyov said. According to the expert, the Russian troops will try to form a bridgehead for the future in the Lyman direction, as well as in the direction at the time of Yar and in the direction of Mirnograd, Toretsk from the south, respectively.
"The enemy is preparing for large -scale offensive actions during his summer campaign in order to capture Slavic, Kramatorsk, Druzhkiv, Konstantinovsk city agglomeration," he said. The expert notes that problems in the Bigorivka area give the preconditions to talk about the loss of control over the Luhansk region, but in his opinion, the danger is another. In fact, it is dangerous that the enemy makes efforts to form bridgeheads for further attacks on the Slavic-Kramatorsk City Agglomeration.