What's the latest? April 10, 11AM
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13:00 10 Apr, 2022
Latest developments
If you're just joining us, here's a quick roll of what's been happening, Qazet.az reports.
- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a surprise visit to Ukraine's capital, Kyiv. In a statement released after the visit, he praised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's "resolute leadership and the invincible heroism and courage of the Ukrainian people". The UK said it will provide an additional 120 armoured vehicles and new anti-ship missile systems to Ukraine
- The EU has reopened its embassy in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, having temporarily moved it to Poland after Russia's invasion of Ukraine
- An exchange of prisoners took place between Russia and Ukraine: 12 military personnel and 14 civilians were released
- Mr Zelensky said Ukraine is preparing for an important battle in the East
- The bodies of 10 civilians were recovered from under rubble in the destroyed city of Borodyanka, near Kyiv on Saturday, said the deputy head of the Ukrainian emergency service in the Kyiv region, Bogdan Danilyuk
- The governor of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said five people have been killed in shelling in the region - he said four were killed in Vuhledar and one in Novomykhailivka
- On Saturday, the UK's Ministry of Defence said that Russia's withdrawal from the north revealed mass graves and the use of human shields
- Eastern Ukraine's biggest football club, Shakhtar Donetsk, have opened what they're calling their "Football for Peace" tour with a friendly match in Greece against league leaders Olympiakos. The charity tour is raising money to provide aid for people affected by the war in Ukraine