[LIVE] Ukraine says it is ready for the “big battle” in the East

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in kyiv, April 9, 2022. AP - Evgeniy Maloletka

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On the 46th day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on April 10, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson paid a surprise visit to Ukraine where he met President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.

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The main points:

► British Prime Minister 

Boris Johnson began a surprise visit to Kyiv on Saturday (April 9

), making him the first G7 leader to visit Ukraine since the start of Russia's invasion of the country on February 24.

Boris Johnson has pledged to supply Ukraine with armored vehicles and anti-ship missiles and calls on other countries to "follow the UK's example".

► Nearly

 10 billion euros were collected

during an international fundraiser in support of Ukraine.

Among the billion euros released by the European Commission, "

 600 million will go to the Ukrainian authorities and part to the United Nations 

", specifies Ursula von der Leyen, who affirms that 400 million euros will be paid to the States on the front line in the reception of refugees.

► At least 52 people were killed and 109 injured in 

a rocket attack on Kramatorsk train station

in Donbass, where civilians are flocking to flee this region of eastern Ukraine.

Moscow has denied being responsible and denounced a "provocation" by kyiv forces. 

►

Ten humanitarian corridors

 made it possible to evacuate

4,532 civilians

on Saturday in the southeastern regions of the country where the fighting is now concentrated, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk announced on Sunday.

The majority of the Zaporizhia region.

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