The war in Ukraine has killed 136 children in the 31 days since the start of the Russian invasion, Ukraine's office of the prosecutor general has said early today in a message on the Telegram app.
Of the total, 64 children have been killed in the Kyiv region, the office said. A further 50 children have died in the Donetsk region, it said. Additionally, 199 children have been wounded.
Late on Friday, the UN said that some 3.7 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion on 24 February.
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said 3,725,806 Ukrainians had fled the country - an increase of 50,854 from the previous day's figure. Around 90 percent of them are women and children, the agency added.
The New Arab is providing live updates of what's been happening on the ground and additional analysis on the conflict's significance.