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Russia celebrates this Thursday the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory in the Battle of Stalingrad, a turning point in the Second World War and a symbol of patriotism.
This celebration takes on added symbolic importance as we approach the first anniversary of the outbreak of the invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
Russian forces recently scored their first success in months by taking Soledar, a town in eastern Ukraine.
And many observers believe that Moscow is preparing a new major offensive around February 24, an analysis shared in particular by the Ukrainian Minister of Defense.
After a series of humiliating setbacks in the fall, Moscow mobilized hundreds of thousands of reservists.
Associated with the paramilitary group Wagner, the Russian army has also intensified the fighting, in particular to take Bakhmout, a city in the East that it has been pounding since the summer.
Further south, Russia also undertook an offensive on Vougledar.
While kyiv is due to host a summit with the European Union on Friday, the Ukrainian authorities launched a vast anti-corruption operation on Wednesday targeting administrations, civil servants and personalities.
It comes a week after the dismissal of a series of senior officials in the wake of a corruption case concerning army supplies.
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06:25: Strike destroys apartment building in Kramatorsk
Rescuers are still active on Thursday to try to find survivors in the rubble of an apartment building in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, destroyed by a Russian strike.
This took place around 9:45 p.m. Wednesday against eight buildings in the center of the city, one of which completely collapsed, Donetsk police said on their Facebook account.
About 100 police were deployed to search the rubble.
Donetsk region governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said the attack left two people dead and 21 injured, eight of whom were hospitalized and two are in critical condition.
Two people are still stuck in the ruins.
06h15: Welcome to this new Live
Hello everyone.
Like every day, this Live, hosted by the editorial staff of
20 Minutes
, is there to give you the latest information on the conflict.
As the first anniversary of the outbreak of the invasion approaches, on February 24, Ukraine is pressing the West a little more every day to provide it with even more weapons.
kyiv indeed fears an upcoming major Russian offensive.
"We also have to be ready as soon as possible, and that's why we need weapons, to contain the enemy", insisted last night on BFMTV the Ukrainian Minister of Defense, Oleksiï Reznikov. .
“We do not underestimate our enemy.
We see that he is preparing very seriously for the offensive”.
“We think that since they live in symbolism, they will try to try something around February 24,” he continued.
According to him, "they can attempt a two-axis offensive", in the Donbass and the south.
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