Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said Kyiv believes Russia will launch a new attack on Feb. 24, the one-year anniversary of the irruption.
Speaking to AFLM news network Wednesday, Reznikov said Ukraine’s armed forces are awaiting new, large- scale military action by Russia in the coming weeks.
We think that, given that they(the Russians) live in symbolism, they will try to do something around February 24, Reznikov said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov insinuated Thursday that his country has plans to overshadow pro-Ukrainian events around the world to mark the first anniversary of the war, saying Russian diplomats were working on something to ensure Western-led events were “not the only ones to gain the world’s attention, without delivering farther details.
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Meanwhile, in Ukraine, quest and rescue armies worked through the night to find any survivors of a deadly rocket attack last night on domestic edifices in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine. further explosions were heard in the megacity on Thursday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he aims to start the negotiations toward Ukraine joining the European Union.
I hope that we will be capable to enunciate that soon, Zelenskyy said.
Ukraine and the European Union are no longer separate subjects of European life. Our values are common. Our fate is shared. Our adversary is common. Our defense is common. And hence, our lives are united. It’s impossible to imagine a united Europe without Ukraine, ” Zelenskyy said on his official Telegram channel, according to an AFLM News translation.
