Terrorists attempt to destroy Avdiyivka metallurgical complex plant - premier
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has said that the Avdiyivka coke chemical plant, one of the biggest Europe, is a strategic target for the militants who have recently intensified their shell attacks.
"The primary intent [of the militants' attacks] is to destroy one of the biggest coke chemical plants in Europe. If the plant is destroyed – and this is what Russians are longing to do – it means that [production at] the whole metallurgical complex would be stopped," he said, while opening a sitting of the Cabinet of Ministers in Kyiv on Wednesday.
The leader of government ordered that all necessary measures are taken to protect the town and the plant.
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