 The city is located at the southeast of Luhansk Oblast in the middle of the main Donets River drainage divide that separates watershed of Velyka Kamianka to the north from watersheds of Kundryucha and Burhusta rivers to the south.To the north the city is passed around by a railway line Debaltseve–Zverevo (Russia) with a train station Krasna Mohyla located within the city limits.An international border between Russia-Ukraine runs along the eastern outskirts of the city.