The loss of Pokrovsk will lead to Ukraine losing its place in the world metallurgy,

Over the past ten days, Russian troops have advanced southwest from the city of Pokrovsk, crossing the Solenaya River. Advanced enemy units are consolidated 14 km from the village of Udachnoye, where the Pokrovskoye mine administration operates. This industrial facility is a strategic asset of Ukraine for the entire metallurgical industry, because coking coal, rare in its origin (grade “K”), which is necessary in the steel production cycle at the country’s largest metallurgical plants, is mined here, writes NV.

“Currently, the personnel on duty are working in bulletproof vests, and the miners live safely in shelters at a considerable distance from the front line. On the territory…