Drivers go on strike in Russian-occupied Mariupol.

Drivers of the municipal water supply company in Mariupol announced a strike on June 16 after not being paid for two months of labor, according to[1] the Ukrainian military's National Resistance Center. The center reported that there is a shortage of male workers in the Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, particularly "miners, metallurgists, engineers, builders, locksmiths, drivers, doctors and other specialties." The situation is the most critical in the occupied parts of Donetsk Oblast, which is the reason why workers in Mariupol have decided to go on strike, the center said.

The center also said that the price of utilities, fuel, and basic necessities has risen by at least 20 percent over the past year. Mariupol has been occupied[2] by Russian forces since May 2022 when the city surrendered after a three-month long siege. Ukrainian forces have made[3] significant gains in southern Ukraine as part of the ongoing counteroffensive, including in parts of Donetsk Oblast.

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Haley Zehrung is a news reporter at the Kyiv Independent. Previously, she was a Title VIII Fellow at the Department of State, where she conducted archival research in Kyrgyzstan.

She has also worked at C4ADS, the Middle East Institute, and Barnard College.

Haley completed a master's degree in Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Regional Studies at Columbia University with a focus on Central Asia.

References

1. ^ according to (sprotyv.mod.gov.ua)
2. ^ occupied (kyivindependent.com)
3. ^ made (kyivindependent.com)
4. ^ Ukraine makes gains 1 week into counteroffensive but decisive battle yet to beginUkraine's large-scale counteroffensive, anticipated for months, spearheaded by new Western tanks and armored vehicles, has finally begun.

   No longer limited to shaping operations or localized counterattacks, evidence shows the beginning of major Ukrainian offensive pushes to break through fortified... (kyivindependent.com)