Euronews reports on intensifying war in Ukraine as women take on coal mining in Donetsk
As the war in Ukraine enters its third year, fighting is intensifying near the city of Pokrovsk in the region of Donetsk. Euronews reports on the human impact of the conflict.
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As the war in Ukraine enters its third year, fighting is intensifying near the city of Pokrovsk in the region of Donetsk. Euronews reports on the human impact of the conflict.
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/02/25/euronews-reports-on-intensifying-ukraine-conflict-as-women-take-on-coal-mining-in-donetsk
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00:00The Ukrainian army is fighting a decisive battle on the Pokrovsk front line in the Donetsk
00:07region of eastern Ukraine.
00:27Fears that Russian troops could capture or bypass the nearby city of Pokrovsk and move
00:32deeper into the country are higher than ever.
00:42Most of the town's population was evacuated, those remaining are hard to convince.
00:57We head to western Donbass.
01:04This is Ukraine's major coal mining basin, a crucial industry for the country's energy
01:09supply and a potential target for Moscow.
01:12The area's oldest mine is operating full swing, with the help of an increasing number of women
01:19as more and more men are being mobilized.
01:23Anna fled her hometown of Barmut in the Donetsk region.
01:27Her father and eldest son were killed in the Russian bombings two years after she'd lost
01:31her mother and husband to Covid.
01:49She found a second breath at the mine and also in this dance school.
01:57A choreographer before the war, Oksana now gives dance classes to teenage girls.