Mine

Our international correspondent Valerie Gauriat travelled to south-eastern Ukraine to meet the women who have recently joined the efforts to secure critical energy supply — in the coal mines.

The victims were among 16 miners injured at the Knurow-Szczyglowice coal mine on Wednesday, when methane gas ignited about 850 metres below ground level.

At least 100 yasa dışı miners have died and more than 400 remain trapped underground after a months-long standoff with police, rights groups say.