Al Jazeera: Russia’s coal war with Ukraine leaves civilians cold By Al Jazeera. Published Dec. 6, 2015 at 3:37 pm A miner works at the Kalinovskaya-Vostochnaya coal mine in the eastern Ukrainian city of Makeevka near Donetsk on Dec. 23, 2014. Photo by AFP Flurries of snow have started to fall on Kyiv, announcing the start of winter for the residents of the Ukrainian capital. Read more here