Highway M04 was a
Ukraine international highway connecting
Znamianka to
Krasnodon
Krasnodon ( Ukrainian, Russian: Краснодон) is a city in Luhansk Oblast (region) of eastern Ukraine. It is incorporated as a city of oblast significance and serves as the administrative center of Krasnodon Raion (district), though it ...
on the border with
Russia
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, where it continued into Russia as the A260.
National Highways of Ukraine in Russian
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In Soviet times the M04 was part of the M21. The highway stretched through four oblasts and ended at the Izvaryne-Donetsk border checkpoint which is part of Krasnodon
Krasnodon ( Ukrainian, Russian: Краснодон) is a city in Luhansk Oblast (region) of eastern Ukraine. It is incorporated as a city of oblast significance and serves as the administrative center of Krasnodon Raion (district), though it ...
city (Luhansk Oblast
Luhansk Oblast ( uk, Луга́нська о́бласть, translit=Luhanska oblast; russian: Луганская область, translit=Luganskaya oblast; also referred to as Luhanshchyna, uk, Луга́нщина) is the easternmost oblast ...
). The section from Znamianka to Debaltseve was part of European route E50
European route E 50 is an A-type east–west connection across the European continent. It connects the key naval port of Brest France with Makhachkala, on the Caspian Sea in the Russian republic Dagestan.
Outlook
Half the route is on hi ...
, and the section from Debaltseve to the Russian border was part of European route E40
European route E40 is the longest European route, more than long, connecting Calais in France via Belgium, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan, with Ridder in Kazakhstan near the border wi ...
. On 28 April 2021, the M04 was decommissioned and merged with the M12 to form the new M30.
War in Donbas
In eastern Ukraine
Eastern Ukraine or east Ukraine ( uk, Східна Україна, Skhidna Ukrayina; russian: Восточная Украина, Vostochnaya Ukraina) is primarily the territory of Ukraine east of the Dnipro (or Dnieper) river, particularly Kha ...
, significant armed conflict has occurred along and near the M04 in the Donetsk
Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: cities' alternative names), is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine lo ...
and Luhansk
Luhansk (, ; uk, Луганськ, ), also known as Lugansk (, ; russian: Луганск, ), is a city in what is internationally recognised as Ukraine, although it is administered by Russia as capital of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). ...
Oblasts during the War in Donbass.
Route
Gallery
File:Fernstraße M04 und angestaute Schowta bei Schowte (Rajon Pjatychatky).JPG, M04 crossing Zhovta River near Piatykhatky, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
See also
* Roads in Ukraine
A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation.
There are many types of ...
* Ukraine Highways
* International E-road network
The international E-road network is a numbering system for roads in Europe developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The network is numbered from E1 up and its roads cross national borders. It also reaches Centr ...
* Pan-European corridors
References
External links
National Roads in Ukraine
in Russian
European route E40
European route E50
Roads in Dnipro
Roads in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Roads in Donetsk Oblast
Roads in Kirovohrad Oblast
Roads in Luhansk Oblast
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