Salt in Ukraine is more than a spice. What makes the Soledar mines so important?

2023-04-29 20:00:19

Almost a year later, he was fighting near the ruined city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine when the Russians captured his nearby hometown, along with the mine.

“I can’t even describe the feeling right now,” he said. “Everything I hold dear, everything I’ve loved, worked for and dreamed regarding was destroyed in an instant.”

Soledar, a town whose name means gift of salt in Ukrainian, fell in January, allowing the Russians to step up their attack on Bakhmut, regarding 40 miles (64 kilometers) to the south.

This small town, where only 10 thousand people lived before the war. population, also occupied a special place in the economy and history of Ukraine.

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