Short on funds and wary of looters, many are sheltering in basements in the warzone – and paying an emotional price.
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As fighting rages along the Ukraine-Russia border, fears grow of a return to all-out war.
![Pro-Russia rebels stand on guard near the Donetsk airport after attempting to seize it [AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/201511622633224580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Coal extracted from small, dangerous mines is providing much-needed money and heat in war-torn eastern Ukraine.
![Seventy percent of the Donbass region's coal mines have closed because of fighting [Filip Warwick/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/20141214104545406734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)