Highway M30 | ||||
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Автошлях М30 | ||||
Route information | ||||
Part of E40 E50 E584 | ||||
Existed | 28 April 2021–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | M 06 / H 10 in Stryi | |||
East end | Russian border in Izvaryne-Donetsk | |||
Location | ||||
Country | Ukraine | |||
Oblasts | Lviv, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Luhansk | |||
Highway system | ||||
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M30 is a Ukrainian international highway (M-highway) formed on 28 April 2021, with the merger of the M04 and the M12. The Stryi-Debaltseve section is part of the European route E50, the section from Debaltseve to the Russian border is part of European route E40 and the section from Oleksandriia to Kropyvnytskyi is part of European route E584. The route was formed before the 30th anniversary of Ukrainian independence. [1] It is also dubbed the Road to Unity. [2]
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Debaltseve or Debaltsevo is a city in Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, currently occupied by Russia as part of the Donetsk People's Republic. The city is situated on the eastern edge of Donetsk Oblast, and borders Luhansk Oblast. Population: 24,209.
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