The R260 ( in cyrillic scripts), previously M21 and A260 is a

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, through

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, the Russian-occupied capital of

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of Ukraine, where it continues as the M30 to

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. Formerly as M21, it was part of the

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trunk road network and started from

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via Dnipro to Volgograd. In 2010 the section in Russia received the number A260, but the M21 designation was used until the end of 2017, when the A260 designation became official. The entire route is part of E40 and AH70. In July 2023, as a part of their

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works of

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that de-facto controlled city of Luhansk for nearly 10 years, the previous A260 highway has extended to Luhansk, and renamed the number to R260.

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Roads in Russia Transport in Volgograd Oblast European route E40 {{Russia-road-stub