In early June, the American correspondent of The New York Times, Finbarr O’Reilly, visited state and private enterprises in Donetsk region to find out how Ukrainian miners hold the energy front.
«Coal dust and methane below, russian bombs above. russia’s heavy, indiscriminate bombing has added yet another threat to Ukraine’s coal mines, where personal fears and global anxieties meet»,
- such realities of the mine of Donetsk region met the correspondent.
But the miners continue to win victoriously for the country's future on the energy front.
“When I’m down in the mine, I forget about the war because I have to concentrate on other things,”
said a drill operator at the DTEK energy company in the Dobrapil district, along the war’s front lines in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region.
The head of the mine adds:
“This is hard work. Nobody will say it, but everyone waits for the end of their shift to come out and call their family to see if they’re OK. We smile and laugh, but this is a difficult time for us.”
Read more here – The New York Times.
