Yushchenko Demands Closing of Zasyadka Mine Until Probe Complete

In a memo to PM Yanukovych, President Yushchenko has urged full closure of the Zasyadka Mine, Ukraine’s #1 killer in the mining industry.

Due to the repeat accident at the Zasyadka Mine in Donetsk, which entailed human casualties, I insist on full and immediate closure of this mine until all the circumstances and causes of the tragedies that happened on November 18, December 1, and December 2 this year are established.

What took you so long, Mr. President? Weren’t those 101 deaths from the first accident and the injuries sustained by some 44 miners in the second accident bad enough? Or maybe Zvyahilsky was scheduled to receive a medal of honor just like Kolesnikov?

Sources:
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2007/12/3/67706.htm

Zasyadka Goes Triple

Another explosion at the Zasyadka Mine late on Sunday — the third in two weeks — killed five miners and left 66 injured.

Sources:
http://ua.korrespondent.net/main/90328/