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>> Sreenivasan: UKRAINE HAS BEEN

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INVOLVED IN AN ONGOING CONFLICT

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WITH NEIGHBORING RUSSIA FOR THE

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LAST FOUR YEARS.

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SO FAR, MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE

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HAVE DIED, AND ALMOST TWO

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MILLION HAVE BEEN FORCED TO FLEE

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THEIR HOMES.

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ONE INDUSTRIAL PLANT CRITICAL TO

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UKRAINE'S ECONOMY IS SITUATED

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RIGHT ON THE FRONT LINE, INTENT

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ON STAYING UP AND RUNNING, NO

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MATTER WHAT IT TAKES.

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NEWSHOUR WEEKEND SPECIAL

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CORRESPONDENT CHRISTOPHER

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LIVESAY BRINGS US THIS REPORT.

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>> Reporter: IT'S THE LARGEST

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FACILITY OF ITS KIND IN ALL OF

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EUROPE.

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THE METINVEST PLANT IN EASTERN

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UKRAINE PROCESSES COAL INTO

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COKE, A HIGH-GRADE FUEL

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ESSENTIAL TO MANUFACTURING

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STEEL.

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THIS MASSIVE PLANT, ESSENTIAL TO

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UKRAINE'S ECONOMY, IS NOTABLE

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NOT ONLY FOR ITS SIZE, BUT THAT

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IT CONTINUES TO FUNCTION UNDER

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REPEATED ATTACK IN A WAR ZONE.

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ITS SURVIVAL IS DUE IN PART TO

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THE U.S.

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>> ( translated ): THE FACT THAT

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WE CONTINUE TO WORK HERE LOOKS

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MORE AND MORE LIKE A MIRACLE.

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>> Reporter: TO HELP UNDERSTAND

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THE DANGER FOR OURSELVES, WE

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ARRANGED TO TOUR THE PLANT ONE

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FOGGY MORNING.

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WE WERE FIRST BRIEFED ABOUT ITS

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MORE "TYPICAL" HAZARDS: HIGH

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TEMPERATURES, GAS, HIGH-PRESSURE

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PIPES, AND HEAVY MACHINERY.

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FEELS LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD

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UP HERE.

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THE BEST WAY TO STAY OUT OF THE

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WAY, IN SOME CASES, WAS TO LET

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IT ROLL RIGHT OVER YOU.

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WE WERE TAKEN TO ONE OF EIGHT

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FURNACES--

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IT'S REALLY TOASTY UP HERE.

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--EACH BURNING AT MORE THAN

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1,800 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

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THE FURNACES HAVE TO KEEP

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BURNING AT ALL TIMES.

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IF THEY FALL BELOW 1,600 DEGREES

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FOR MORE THAN A FEW DAYS, THE

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FURNACES, WHICH COST $150

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MILLION EACH, WILL COLLAPSE.

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AND THAT'S A REAL POSSIBILITY.

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THE UKRAINIAN ARMY HAS BEEN

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FIGHTING WELL-ARMED REBELS FOR

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THE PAST FOUR YEARS, AND THIS

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PLANT IS LOCATED IN A STRATEGIC

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POSITION BETWEEN THEM.

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WE'RE REALLY JUST A COUPLE OF

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MILES FROM THE FRONT LINE HERE.

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IT'S MADE THIS PLANT A BIG

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TARGET IN THE WAR.

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SINCE THE WAR STARTED, THE PLANT

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HAS BEEN HIT MORE THAN 300 TIMES

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BY HEAVY WEAPONS.

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THE HEAVIEST BOMBARDMENTS HAVE

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BEEN DEADLY, SAYS THE PLANT'S

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DIRECTOR GENERAL, MUSA

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MAGOMEDOV.

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>> ( translated ): I'VE LOST 12

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PEOPLE AND MORE THAN 60 WERE

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WOUNDED.

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>> Reporter: WERE THEY KILLED

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HERE OR AT THE FACTORY?

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>> ( translated ): HERE IN THE

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FACTORY, AND ON THE WAY FROM

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THE FACTORY TO HOME.

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>> Reporter: WHAT WAS YOUR WORST

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DAY?

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>> ( translated ): THERE HAVE

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BEEN A LOT OF BAD DAYS HERE.

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THE WORST WAS WHEN WE WERE

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ATTACKED BY A SERIES OF ROCKETS.

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I WAS STANDING NEAR THE WINDOW

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HERE WHEN I SAW THEM LANDING IN

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THE FACTORY, ONE BY ONE.

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I WAS SO SHOCKED THAT I

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COULDN'T HIDE, AND WAS HIT BY

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THE SHOCKWAVE.

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EVERYTHING WAS ON FIRE AND

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SMOKING.

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PEOPLE DIED THAT DAY.

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THE FACTORY WORK STOPPED AND WE

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DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS POSSIBLE

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TO START AGAIN.

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>> Reporter: THEY DID MANAGE TO

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RESTART, KEEPING THE FURNACE

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FIRES GOING JUST ENOUGH TO

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PREVENT A CRIPPLING SHUTDOWN AND

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PRODUCTION CONTINUED.

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TODAY, WORKERS TAKE THE MORE

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OCCASIONAL SHELLING IN STRIDE.

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IS IT SCARY TO BE WORKING IN AN

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AREA WHERE THERE IS FIGHTING

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GOING ON NEARBY?

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>> ( translated ): YOU GET USED

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TO IT, OR YOU HAVE SOME

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IMMUNITY.

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SOMETIMES YOU DON'T REALIZE

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THERE IS SHOOTING AROUND.

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IT BLENDS IN WITH ALL OF THE

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MECHANICAL SOUNDS.

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>> Reporter: DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY

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THAT HAS BEEN HURT IN THIS

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CONFLICT, FRIENDS OR FAMILY?

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>> ( translated ): SOME HAVE

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SUFFERED MENTALLY.

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SOME OF MY FRIENDS' FAMILIES

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WERE BROKEN BECAUSE OF THIS WAR,

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BECAUSE THE HUSBAND WAS HERE AND

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HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN MOVED

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AWAY.

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AS A RESULT, THE FAMILY

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COLLAPSED.

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>> Reporter: BUT THIS COKE PLANT

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IS STILL STANDING, JUST ONE

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EXAMPLE OF HOW PEOPLE IN EASTERN

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UKRAINE ARE TRYING TO HOLD OUT

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UNTIL THE WAR COMES TO AN END.

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THE WAR HAS MADE IT HARDER TO

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GET THE COAL CRUCIAL TO RUNNING

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THE PLANT.

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RUSSIA USED TO BE A BIG

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SUPPLIER, BUT IT'S BACKING THE

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REBELS-- THAT IS, THE PEOPLE WHO

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ARE SHELLING THE PLANT-- SO,

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UKRAINE HAS LOOKED FOR OTHER

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SOURCES, INCLUDING AMERICA.

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SO, THIS COAL IS FROM

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PENNSYLVANIA?

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>> ( translated ): YES.

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>> Reporter: BEFORE THE WAR,

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THE PLANT RECEIVED 20% OF ITS

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COAL FROM THE U.S.

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NOW, IT'S MORE LIKE 50%.

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250,000 TONS OF AMERICAN COAL

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ARRIVE HERE EVERY MONTH.

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THE COAL IS A LIFELINE FOR THE

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PLANT AND THE STRATEGIC TOWN OF

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AVDIIVKA.

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THE PLANT SUPPLIES HEAT TO THE

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TOWN, AND JOBS.

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4,000 OF AVDIIVKA'S 20,000

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RESIDENTS WORK HERE.

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FOR MUSA MAGOMEDOV, IT'S SIMPLE.

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WITHOUT THE PLANT, THERE IS NO

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TOWN.

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LOSING ANOTHER TOWN IS THE

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BEGINNING OF THE END OF HIS

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COUNTRY.

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>> ( translated ): IT'S A DOMINO

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PRINCIPLE.

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IF WE LEAVE THIS PLACE, THE COKE

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WILL NOT REACH METALLURGY WORKS;

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THE METAL PRICE WILL BE LESS

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COMPETITIVE, AND PEOPLE WILL

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LEAVE THOSE FACTORIES.

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WE WILL LOSE A LOT, ECONOMY-

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WISE, AND WE CAN LOSE THE

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COUNTRY IN THE END.

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THAT'S WHY IT'S OUR CONTRIBUTION

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TO KEEP THE COUNTRY ALIVE.