Ukrainian women fill coal miners' jobs left open by drafted men
Many of Ukraine's men have been drafted, leaving Ukrainian women to work in the country's vast coal mines. Lesia Bakalets went to a mine on the front line in the Dnipropetrovsk region and heard from some of those women. The precise location of the mine and the full names of the miners have not been disclosed because of security concerns. Videographer: Vladyslav Smilianets
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