“But the coal from these mines is what made ... That same entrance is also adorned with “smalti,” Italian-made mosaic tiles with real gold layered between thin sheets of glass.

The mine, near the frontline city of Pokrovsk, produced coking coal crucial for Ukraine’s steel industry. It kept running ...

The blast happened at the Listvyazhnaya mine when coal dust caught fire in a ventilation ... Relatives comforted each other at the Listvyazhnaya mine entrance Relatives said warnings about growing ...