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From January 29, 2017 until February 4, 2017 the city was embroiled in the Battle of Avdiivka which left Avdiivka without electricity and heating for several days.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/14/avdiivka-frontline-ukraine-war-russia-backed-separatists Violence flares in war-weary Ukraine as US dithers and Russia pounces], [[The Guardian]] (14 February 2017)</ref><ref>"An AFP reporter saw the separatists shell the town of about 20,000 people with repeated rounds of Grad multiple rocket systems and artillery fire from the early morning. "Right now, there is no power. We have not resolved problems with heating homes, and the gas pipe has been shattered," local Ukrainian army unit spokeswoman Olena Mokrynchuk told AFP [...] The town's heating is provided by a coke plant that has been heavily damaged by the falling shells. Plant director Musa Magomedov said it would be incredibly difficult to resume gas production were the factory's generators shut down. That would leave Avdiivka without a source of local power and uncertainty about its future." https://web.archive.org/web/20170131164143/https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/ukraine-clashes-rage-third-day-sparking-eu-concern |url=https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/ukraine-clashes-rage-third-day-sparking-eu-concern </ref><ref>[http://pda.pravda.com.ua/news/id_7134509/ In Avdiyivka switched to heating mode stable]</ref>

From January 29, 2017 until February 4, 2017 the city was embroiled in the Battle of Avdiivka which left Avdiivka without electricity and heating for several days.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/14/avdiivka-frontline-ukraine-war-russia-backed-separatists Violence flares in war-weary Ukraine as US dithers and Russia pounces], [[The Guardian]] (14 February 2017)</ref><ref>"An AFP reporter saw the separatists shell the town of about 20,000 people with repeated rounds of Grad multiple rocket systems and artillery fire from the early morning. "Right now, there is no power. We have not resolved problems with heating homes, and the gas pipe has been shattered," local Ukrainian army unit spokeswoman Olena Mokrynchuk told AFP [...] The town's heating is provided by a coke plant that has been heavily damaged by the falling shells. Plant director Musa Magomedov said it would be incredibly difficult to resume gas production were the factory's generators shut down. That would leave Avdiivka without a source of local power and uncertainty about its future." https://web.archive.org/web/20170131164143/https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/ukraine-clashes-rage-third-day-sparking-eu-concern |url=https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/ukraine-clashes-rage-third-day-sparking-eu-concern </ref><ref>[http://pda.pravda.com.ua/news/id_7134509/ In Avdiyivka switched to heating mode stable]</ref>

===US biological labs===

==US biological labs==

Ukraine has no control over the military bio-laboratories on its own territory. According to the 2005 Agreement between the [[US Department of Defense]] (DoD) and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.  The Ukrainian government is prohibited from public disclosure of sensitive information about the US program and Ukraine is obliged to transfer to the US DoD dangerous pathogens for biological research.<ref>https://2001-2009.state.gov/documents/organization/95251.pdf</ref>  The [[Pentagon]] has been granted access to certain state secrets of Ukraine in connection with the projects under their agreement. The DoD Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has funded 11 bio-laboratories in Ukraine.   

Ukraine has no control over the military bio-laboratories on its own territory. According to the 2005 Agreement between the [[US Department of Defense]] (DoD) and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.  The Ukrainian government is prohibited from public disclosure of sensitive information about the US program and Ukraine is obliged to transfer to the US DoD dangerous pathogens for biological research.<ref>https://2001-2009.state.gov/documents/organization/95251.pdf</ref>  The [[Pentagon]] has been granted access to certain state secrets of Ukraine in connection with the projects under their agreement. The DoD Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has funded 11 bio-laboratories in Ukraine.   

[[File:Biological research labs.PNG|left|300px|thumb|Russian military reported it had identified 30 sites where biological research with pathogens had been occurring under the direction of the [[Pentagon]].]]

[[File:Biological research labs.PNG|left|300px|thumb|Russian military reported it had identified 30 sites where biological research with pathogens had been occurring under the direction of the [[Pentagon]].]]