The Avdiivka Coke Plant cannot be restored, it is smashed to pieces, it needs to be rebuilt from scratch, said Vitaliy Barabash, head of the Avdiivka CMA, on Tuesday during a telethon, UNN reports.
There is no civilian population at the coke plant, everyone was evacuated, including the townspeople who had been hiding there since the beginning of the full-scale war. (...) Metinvest's management made a statement that the plant cannot be restored, that if a decision is made after the victory, it must be rebuilt from scratch - this is true. (...) If you go inside, you can see that it is smashed to pieces. (...) Coke was really a city-forming enterprise... up to 70% of the budget came from the plant
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At the same time, he said, 1223 people remain in Avdiivka.
"As of this morning, unfortunately, we have 1223 people," he said.
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Russian forces shelled three localities in Donetsk region, including Avdiivka and Kurakhove, using aircraft, Grad rockets and artillery; one residential building was damaged but no casualties were reported.