Svatove

Svatove (, ) is a city in Luhansk Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Svatove Raion. Population: .
History.
A local newspaper is published in the town since September 1931.
After the proclamation of the separatist Luhansk People's Republic on 27 April 2014, Luhansk Oblast became a battlefield of the War in Donbas. Svatove stayed under Ukrainian governmental control. The separatist referendum on 11 May on independence was not held in the city.
On 29–30 October 2015, two people were reported dead and eight wounded as a result of explosions caused by fire at the munitions depot in Svatove.