Kyiv denies information of fire at Avdiyivka Coke and Chemical Plant

Kyiv denies information of fire at Avdiyivka Coke and Chemical Plant

Ukrainian representatives at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) have said that Ukraine's Armed Forces did not shell the Avdiyivka Coke and Chemical Plant in Donbas.

JCCC observers said in their statement, citing one of the plant's senior managers, that the specifics of the technological process of starting coke ovens include an occasional powerful discharge of flame from pipes to a height of up to four meters.