Donetsk mine Trudovskaya keeps on working under the shelling

Maneger of the mine Trudovskaya Sergey Baltsev told to the correspondent of the Federal News agency about working days on the frontline.

‘The work of the enterprise has been going on, however, it is near with the frontline and was damaged as a result of shelling’, said Sergey Baltsev.

‘Really, our mine is located on the frontline, it the most western point of the Donetsk People’s Republic’, explains the manager.

‘Active shelling of the mine’s territory and nearby districts started in 12^th July, but however, we kept on working every day. This work lies in not in coal mining, but in maintenance of the mine in operating state and damage control of shelling’.

The manager told that the salary is paid for works with delay but it is paid. Moreover, of course, many people will get humanitarian aid in appropriate organization’.

Sergey Baltsev reported that the stuff of the enterprise is being changed this year. ‘1840 people worked at the mine, 550-600 have left the mine for this moment. About 1300 people have been stayed at the mine; approximately 500 of them are on free vocations, and 400 people are working now.