The '''Luhansk People's Republic''', alternatively spelled as '''Lugansk People's Republic''' (, ; ), abbreviated as '''LPR''' or '''''LNR''''', is a landlocked quasi-state. It is located in Luhansk Oblast in the Donbas region, a territory internationally recognized to be a part of Ukraine. The Ukrainian government asserts that the Luhansk People's Republic is a terrorist organization and that it wages a war against Ukraine. Luhansk, the territory's largest city, serves as its capital. The population of the republic is approximately 1.5 million people. In its constitution, LPR is proclaimed to be a democratic constitutional state. The current head of state is Leonid Pasechnik.