>>20133949Ukraine. I tried Russia but they were very reluctant to communicate with me, perhaps because I am a Westerner/an American. Russia was my first choice, but Ukraine seems interested in making me a good offer too.
I know it's dangerous but that doesn't bother me. If I die, just leave my remains entombed in the coal, or have me cremated and put my cremains in a section underground that's about to be permanently sealed off.
The Donbas is where about half of the Russian Empire's thermal coal came from on the eve of World War 1, and about three quarters of its metallurgical coal. The Donbas also held a similarly high status as the main coal region during the Soviet period. It's a truly major coal basin in history, almost up there with the Appalachian basin in general. So the Donets Coal Basin (what "Donbas" is short for) is very interesting from a mining history and coal geology point of view.
If I go there, then I intend just to be a resident of whichever country owns the area by the war's end, and just mine that coal. I do have a strong sense of adventure, used to read about Soviet coal mining as a young adult, and have often wanted to see really, really deep coal mines that are somewhat like how mines used to be in the USA in terms of being less technologically advanced, generally speaking.
Yes, if I work for Ukraine and the mine is captured by Russian forces or a Russian-affiliated militia force, then I will have some explaining to do and might have to spend some time in detention. But I have no doubt that in time I could convince my captors that I just want to mine coal and am most useful in a mine. I tend to not arouse the worst passions in people, being mellow in personality and having a sort of angelic looking face.
