20,000 miners continue to work in frontline Donetsk Oblast

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About 20,000 miners are continuing to work in Donetsk Oblast despite combat actions and constant danger.

Source: Vadym Filashkin, Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, on air during the 24/7 national joint newscast

Details: Filashkin said that a total of 20,000 people continue to work in the industry. Around 1,300 people have lately been employed in coal mining operations.

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The average monthly salary of miners in Donetsk Oblast is between 25,000 and 70,000 hryvnias (about US$660-1,850). 

All Ukrainian thermal power plants are currently coal-fired, so its production remains a priority. The mines in the oblast are constantly under fire. 

For example, mines in Donetsk Oblast were bombarded on 7 January, resulting in a power outage in two of them while 18 workers were on shift.

Background: On 5 January, a mine in Donetsk Oblast was attacked and lost power. Seventeen mine workers spent 16 hours underground.

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