KIEV, Jan. 31 - Metinvest Group's Avdiyivka Coke Plant in the Donetsk region suspended operation amid a blackout caused by the hostilities but has managed to maintain autonomous power generation for the plant and to heat Avdiyivka with coke gas.

"As of 8:30 a.m. we managed to maintain power generation and to heat the city with coke gas; we are waiting for natural gas supply in order to do this further. A truce has been promised starting at 10 a.m. so that the power transmission line can be repaired, but tensions and noise persist and [shells] are still hitting the city," Avdiyivka Coke Plant General Director Musa Magomedov said on Facebook on Tuesday.