Ukraine Russia Conflict: Ukraine’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba arrives in Bulgaria amid war

Ukraine’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba has arrived in Bulgaria as his President Zelensky ordered him. Sharing this news, the minister took his Twitter and wrote “Tasked by President @ZelenskyyUa with seeking steps to win peace in Ukraine, I arrived in Sofia to meet with the Bulgarian leadership."

“Bulgaria is our friend and partner within the EU and bilaterally. We also feel the support of the people of Bulgaria at this critical time" he further added. 

Russia launched a war on Ukraine on February 24. However, according to the latest updates, The Russian offensive to seize eastern Ukraine and the “battle for Donbas” has begun, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky said. According to the senior US defence department, Russia has 76 battalion tactical groups in the Donbas region of Ukraine and in the country’s southeast with 11 of those added over the last several days. No fewer than 1,000 civilians are reportedly hiding in underground shelters beneath the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, according to the city council. Most of the civilians are believed to be women with children and elderly people. About 40,000 civilians in the city have been forcibly moved to Russia or Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine, the mayor added. Meanwhile, seven people were killed in strikes in the western city of Lviv.