Ukraine's coal industry was in decline. Now miners find themselves in the middle of a war with Russia — and global demand for coal is rising.
INSIDE A COAL MINE, Ukraineunderground, eastern Ukrainian coal miners position a drill bit on a dark rock wall.
"This will indeed be the most difficult winter of all the years of independence," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recentlyIt's a heating season Russian President Vladimir Putin is looking to weaponize, says German Galushchenko, Ukraine's energy minister. He says Russian forces have repeatedly targeted
To alleviate the coming crunch, Ukrainian authorities have put a pause on all oil, coal and gas exports from the country. Energy sources are being reserved for domestic use. And there are talks of expanding coal extraction, where possible, to meet the coming demand.despite prewar efforts to decarbonize the country's economy to reduce harmful gas emissions that cause climate change.and all of this," Galushchenko says.
Leading Western economies have vowed to move away from Russian energy and are hitting Moscow with hefty sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine.
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