Miners in occupied Luhansk Oblast report layoffs and unpaid wages

Coal miners in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk Oblast report mass layoffs due to the bankruptcy of the company that owns the mines, as well as a lack of proper payments.

This is being reported by Russian media.

The mines in question are “Krasny Partizan,” “Dolzhanskaya-Kapitalnaya,” and the Sverdlov Mine, which were previously transferred to the Russian company “Trading House ‘Donskoy Coal.’” In early January, workers were warned of layoffs within two months, allegedly due to “restructuring,” and by March, the enterprises had closed. At the same time, people have still not been paid for the days they worked in 2026, one of the miners said.

According to the workers, they received their last paycheck back in December, after which payments ceased. People complain that they have been left without work and means of subsistence, and have received no explanations from local authorities or relevant agencies. At the same time, on paper, they were supposedly credited with all payments—vacation pay, compensation, and benefits—which in some cases amount to hundreds of thousands of rubles. In total, about 1,200 people were left without work.