"A direct hit of a shell on the filtration station. Work has been halted. People are hiding in a bomb shelter. The town has once again been left without water," he wrote on Twitter on Friday morning.
1/1 #Авдіївка
— Геннадій Зубко (@ZubkoGennadiy) February 24, 2017
Пряме влучення снаряда у фільтровальну станцію. Обладнання зупинене. Людей сховали у бомбосховище. Місто знов без води. pic.twitter.com/9l5wEtIqXx
"Amid the Dutch support of the ratification of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, the occupiers cannot put up with this and are lobbing shells on our land," Zubko tweeted.
As UNIAN reported earlier, Russian troops and Russian-controlled militants in Donbas on January 29 launched a massive bombardment of Avdiyivka, using heavy artillery and Grad MRL systems, as well as tanks. This marked the beginning of another stage of escalation in the east of Ukraine.
Read alsoOne KIA, two WIA's amid 83 attacks on Ukraine in Donbas in last dayA new attack on Avdiyivka late on January 30 left nearly 34,000 residents cut off the power grids. Heat and water supplies were also halted amid weather forecasts of about 20 degrees Celsius below zero overnight.
On February 10, Defense Ministry speaker for Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) issues Oleksandr Motuzianyk said the situation in Avdiyivka was tense, but it was under control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the local authorities.
