Flak jackets are piled up at Ukraine’s Zaporizhstal steel plant, and anti-tank traps guard the entrance. Whenever air raid sirens sound — and they go off every day — most workers head to one of the 16 bomb shelters scattered across the sprawling grounds.
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — Flak jackets are piled up at Ukraine’s Zaporizhstal steel plant, and anti-tank traps guard the entrance. Whenever air raid sirens sound - and they go off every day - most workers head to one of the 16 bomb shelters scattered across the sprawling grounds.
A pillar of the economy before the war, the metal industry accounted for a third of the goods that Ukraine exported, but it has been upended by Russian forces who have taken control of the industrial heartland — the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The workers’ silver suits reflect the blinding light emanating from the red, molten metal churning in the blast furnace, where temperatures reach 1,500 C .“We are limited. Both in terms of raw materials and sales,” said Oleh Ilin, the blast furnace master.
Before the war, Zaporizhstal could complete a batch of steel strips used in appliances like refrigerators, for example, and deliver it in a month or two, said Roman Slobodianiuk, general director of Zaporizhstal. Now, it could take three months or longer. Now, the plant focuses on closer European countries and the U.S. market, which can be reached through Polish seaports.
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