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Yellen expressed that this was the first tranche of an additional €10 billion that the United States will send to Kyiv in the coming months.
French President Emmanuel Macron told Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy his government would send light AMX-10 RC armoured combat vehicles to help in the war against Russia, a French official said on Wednesday after a phone call between them. FRANCE 24's Luke Shrago reports.
Russia and Ukraine pounded each other's forces in heavy fighting in the eastern region of Donetsk on Tuesday as Kyiv's allies meeting in Paris pledged just over 1 billion euros ($1.05 billion) to help Ukrainians survive the freezing winter. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Philip Turle tells us more.
European Commission President, Ursula Von der Leyen, says the EU plans to send 1.5 billion euros of aid to Ukraine per month, as part of a wider global monthly support package worth three to four billion. This, explains Von der Leyen, will be "financed by the European Union, by our American friends and by the financial institutions". SOUNDBITE
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Telegram that firefighters are trying to extinguish the fire, while the number of casualties is "unimaginable".