MOSCOW, January 30 – RIA Novosti. Denis Pushilin, Deputy Chairman of the DPR knowledgeablethat the leadership of the republic has an understanding of how much funds will be needed for the immediate launch of the Artyomsol initiative in Soledar.

“There will be things, Artyomsol will work, it is in demand. We even have an approximate understanding of the financial component that will be necessary to launch this enterprise quite quickly,” Pushilin said on the broadcast of the Rossiya 24 TV channel. .

On January 13, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the rescue of Soledar, completed on the evening of January 12, was important for the development of offensive operations, allowing the supply of Ukrainian troops in Artemovsk to be cut off and later taken to the region. “boiler.”

The salt mines of Soledar began to work at the end of the 19th century, their reserves are estimated at 13 billion tons. Under the USSR, up to 40% of the salt in the country was mined here. Before the conflict in eastern Ukraine began, Artyomsol’s products were supplied to 22 countries around the world. Salt is mined at a depth of 200-300 meters. During the operation of the enterprise, it turned out that a 300-kilometer-long working system was underground.