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Serhii Korovainyi

An aerial view of the Azovstal plant

The continuous-casting machine at the Iliych plant turns liquid steel into myriad steel shapes nonstop.

A worker at the Azovstal steel plant. Like cities inside Mariupol, both Mariupol steel plants occupy vast spaces.

Ukrainian military divers train in Mariupol harbor. Mariupol is constantly under threat of sea attack from the Russian fleet.

Nadya Fedun cleans her windows in the center of Mariupol. Like many other locals, she complains about the ubiquitous graphite dust from the city’s iron and steel factories. Tomorrow, she says, this window will be dirty again.

In 2018, Valery Kovalenko's health deteriorated; he attributes it to pollution. He created a social media group called For Environmentally Friendly Mariupol, where people can organize protests, post photo and video evidence of excessive factory emissions, and share concerns and ideas for change.

The Azovstal soccer team practices near the factory's slagheap. The plant helps dozens of children to train.

An early morning view of the Azovstal steel plant's blast furnace in Mariupol, Ukraine.