Avdiivka Coke Plant is shattered, it needs to be rebuilt from scratch - CMA Chairman
Kyiv • UNN
According to Vitaliy Barabash, head of Avdiivka CMA, Avdiivka Coke Plant is destroyed. 1223 people remain in Avdiivka under the shelling of Russian troops.
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.
Recall
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.
