The New York Times has published an article by Andrew E. Kramer and Maria Varenikova with photographs by Nicole Tung, reporting from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine focused on the DTEK Kurakhivska thermal power plant. The piece documents the devastating toll russia's invasion has taken on the industrial heartland that was once an economic engine for Ukraine.
The Kurakhivska plant, which the article describes as "the heart" of the town it helped give rise to during the Soviet era, has been repeatedly struck by Russian artillery this year as fighting rages in the east. Its director says it has been hit 48 times, and workers race to make repairs only for the bombs to start falling again.
The story traces the deep roots of the Donbas' mining and manufacturing identity back through the Soviet era and into the 19th century industrial revolution. Now, russia's invasion is reducing the factories and plants to ruins.
As one worker at the Kurakhivska plant says: "Without industry, the Donbas will die."
Read the full article on The New York Times website.
Photo by The New York Times.
