Alchevsk

/ ælˈtʃɛvsk /

noun

1. a city in E Ukraine. Pop: 117 000 (2005 est) Former name (until 1992)Kommunarsk

Example Sentences

Leonid Pasechnik, head of the Luhansk People’s Republic, said on Telegram that three people were killed when Ukrainian forces shelled a hostel that housed construction workers in the town of Alchevsk, which is around 23 miles southwest of the regional capital.

From New York Times

In this former KGB complex in the industrial town of Alchevsk in the self-declared Luhansk People’s Republic, members of Shevchenko’s militant Ghost Brigade are growing restless as a shaky ceasefire holds in eastern Ukraine.

From The Guardian

He took control of Alchevsk as part of the uprising that began last April in eastern Ukraine's Luhansk and Donetsk regions following Russia's annexation of Crimea.

From BBC

There are no details on who may have carried out the attack, which was said to have taken place on the road from Luhansk to the city of Alchevsk.

From BBC

At the end of October, two alleged rapists stood trial in Alchevsk before a "people's court" presided over by Mozgovoi and two other rebel commanders.

From Seattle Times