RFE/RL: Inside Ukraine’s Artyomsol mine (PHOTOS) By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Published June 15, 2019 at 3:58 pm Salt after boiling lies in the barrel and dries at one of the Ukrainian salt-boiling factories on Feb. 3, 2019. Photo by Oleg Petrasiuk In eastern Ukraine, a massive salt-mining operation is hoping to crack Western markets after Russia blocked its imports. Read more here.