The "Santa Vartolomea" coal washing plant, one of the largest coal washing plants in Europe and located in the Red Army Town area, was also destroyed by the war. The Ukrainian army had stationed troops in this coal washing plant, but they were continuously attacked by Russian artillery, bombs, and suicide drones. A Ukrainian soldier filming the video also showed a Russian suicide drone that had crashed onto the factory building; it may have had a faulty fuse and failed to detonate. This coal enterprise is a subsidiary of Akhmetov's mining group, a major Ukrainian oligarch who previously controlled most of the coal mines in Donbas and was known as the master of Donbas.
This factory mainly processes coking coal mined from a nearby coal mine, which is Ukraine's only currently operating coking coal mine. Due to the advancing Russian forces, it was forced to cease operations at the beginning of the year. It can be said that without the coking coal produced by this mine, Ukraine's metallurgical industry would be basically finished.
The areas of Red Army Town-Selidovo-Kurakhovo are the main coal-producing regions of Donbas and Ukraine, with numerous coal mines distributed. Therefore, this coal-rich region is a key target for the Russian forces. Once this coal-producing area is controlled, reconstruction in the future will not be a problem.
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