As the invasion of Ukraine enters its 25th day, the humanitarian situation has been deteriorating in besieged Ukrainian cities under relentless Russian bombardment as Moscow says it has again fired its newest hypersonic missiles in Ukraine.
In an apparent escalation of the conflict, Moscow on Saturday claimed it had used hypersonic missiles in Ukraine in what would be the first combat use of the next-generation weapons.
Thousands of people have been evacuated from besieged cities but Russian shelling was blocking efforts to deliver humanitarian supplies, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday.
Aid agencies have warned they are struggling to reach hundreds of thousands of people trapped by the invading Russian forces.
A total of 6,623 people were evacuated on Saturday along humanitarian corridors, including 4,000 from the devastated southern city of Mariupol, Zelensky said in his latest video address.
The New Arab is providing live updates of what's been happening on the ground in Ukraine and additional analysis on the conflict's significance.