Russian missile wrecks Kramatorsk apartment block as EU leaders arrive in Kyiv

A Russian missile has destroyed an apartment building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, killing at least three people before top European Union officials arrived in Kyiv for talks seen as key to Ukraine’s pivot towards the West.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed more anti-corruption measures as authorities continued raids before the meetings with the EU, reflecting his determination to show that Kyiv can be a reliable steward of billions of dollars in aid, The New Daily reports.

“We are here together to show that the EU stands by Ukraine as firmly as ever. And to deepen further our support and co-operation,” the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, tweeted as she arrived in Kyiv by train on February 2 along with more than a dozen other senior EU officials.