[LIVE] War in Ukraine: Austrian Chancellor expected in Moscow

An armored vehicle in front of the destroyed theater of Mariupol, April 10, 2022. REUTERS - ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO

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On the 47th day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer will be the first European leader to visit Moscow on Monday since the start of the war.

A "

risky mission

 " as Kiev prepares for a massive Russian offensive in the East.

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► RFI's Russian editorial site broadcasts Ukrainian public radio (in the Ukrainian language) from the 

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The main points:

► 

The airport of Dnipro

, a large city in central-eastern Ukraine, was again bombed by the Russians and "

 completely destroyed 

", announced the regional governor. 

► According to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova, 

1,222 bodies have been found

in the Kyiv region so far.

This new toll, three times higher than the last, does not specify, however, whether the bodies discovered were exclusively those of civilians.

► 

More than 2,800 people were evacuated 

from war zones on Sunday, according to Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk.

Evacuation from Mariupol and the Luhansk region was halted due to fighting with Russian forces.

► The World Bank forecasts a

 contraction of the Ukrainian economy by 45.1%

 this year and says that the Russian GDP is expected to collapse by 11.2%.

According to the latest World Bank forecast released on Sunday, Eastern Europe is also expected to suffer a 30.7% recession.

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