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In his nightly address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that the UN and the Red Cross "must react" and "protect the lives of hundreds of Ukrainian prisoners of war." This call follows the shelling of a prison in the separatist-controlled east that had claimed more than 50 lives. (COMPLETES VIDI32FP46V_EN)
An airstrike on the port city of Hodeida has wiped out internet services across Yemen.
Yemen's spiralling health crisis has forced organisations treating war-wounded to shift their focus to diseases "nobody should die of", the International Committee of the Red Cross says.
The International Committee of the Red Cross head held a press conference in Sanaa on Sunday, at the second day of his three-day visit to assess the "dire humanitarian situation" in the country.
A Red Cross convoy with Israeli hostages onboard leaves the Gaza Strip for Egypt via the Rafah border crossing as more hostages were released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners under an extended truce that has paused weeks of deadly fighting. The armed wing of Hamas said six Israelis had been handed over to the Red Cross in the latest release, after two women were released earlier, which the militant group said "completed" the seventh handover of hostages under the truce deal. IMAGES