Moscow is strengthening its military power in the eastern Ukrainian province of Luhansk, according to the officials in Kyiv, in what Ukraine maintains is readying for another offensive as the first anniversary of the Kremlin’s unjustifiable incursion nears. Also, on 1st February, the Ukrainian administration persisted in its crackdown on alleged corruption by firing several top officials, said the policymaker, Mr. Davyd Heorhiyovych Arakhamia.

Although Mr. Zelenskyy was a political novice, he was elected as the Ukrainian leader in 2019 on an anti-corruption platform that won him extensive support, and his substantial online following translated into a solid electoral base. The Ukrainian President’s leadership during the Moscow unprovoked incursion of the former Soviet state won him global praise.

Moscow said it had seized Blahodatne village in eastern Ukraine, around three miles north of Bakhmut, to encircle Ukraine’s Donetsk front-line City. Bakhmut was taken under control by Russian forces after an intense battle in recent weeks with the help of air support, according to the statement by Defense of Defense. However, there were no remarks from Zelenskyy’s government, and the media couldn’t confirm the account autonomously.

On Thursday, Moscow missiles struck residential areas in Kramatorsk City in the northern portion of Donetsk region for the second time in almost twenty-four hours, according to media reports, while top Western officials held a meeting with the Kyiv administration as the war with the Kremlin enters its 345th day.

Furthermore, the latest air attack in the eastern Ukrainian City came as rescue teams searched for survivors in the wreckage of an apartment building hit late on February 1 by a Moscow-launched missile that took the lives of three innocent residents and injured around two twenty-one. Additionally, one citizen was believed to be under the rubble, according to Kyiv officials.

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Pavlo Kyrylenko, the Governor of Donetsk Oblast, wrote in a post on Telegram messaging services that a recent couple of Russian rocket and missile attacks again shattered the administrative center of Kramatorsk Raion. Kramatorsk is the major hub for Zelenskyy Armed Forces in the country’s East. No more information about Thursday’s strikes was instantly available.

The Russian military has recurrently hit residential areas during the brutal war, causing massive damage and civilian casualties, even though Moscow has denied the Ukrainian claims of targeting apartment buildings.

According to the Office of the President of Ukraine, in total, the Moscow bombardment on Thursday in the East European country had taken the lives of nearly eight non-combatants and injured twenty-nine others. In the meantime, the President of war-torn Ukraine held a meeting in the Capital city with Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen, the European Commission President, before what top-ranking officials pronounced as Friday’s Summit.

Good to be back in Kyiv, my 4th time since Russia‘s invasion.

This time, with my team of Commissioners.

We are here together to show that the EU stands by Ukraine as firmly as ever.

And to deepen further our support and cooperation. pic.twitter.com/zf8fvoNKnG

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 2, 2023

The European Union has vowed to increase twofold the security assistance program for Ukrainian defenders by training additional fifteen thousand personnel as part of declarations aimed at showing that it would vigorously support innocent Ukrainians for the long term.

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