Russia is mustering its military might in eastern Ukraine, local officials said on Wednesday. Moscow has begun gathering troops in the Luhansk region of Ukraine, with Kyiv suspecting it is preparing for an offensive in the coming weeks. Kremlin forces are removing locals living near the front line so that they can’t provide information about Russian troop deployments to Ukrainian artillery, Luhansk Governor Serhii Haidai said. “There is an active transfer of [Russian troops] to the region and they are definitely preparing for something on the eastern front in February,” Haidai detailed. Milita…