According to the UN Human Rights Office, 861 more people have been injured in the ongoing conflict, bringing the total civilian casualty count compiled by the UN to 1,335.

The UN rights office said it has used strict methodology and only reported casualties it has been able to verify.

The UN has acknowledged that the real figures are much higher, in part because intense fighting has delayed its receipt of information and many reports still have to be confirmed.

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Sources in the UN Human Rights Office said most of the civilian casualties recorded were caused by the use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area, including shelling from heavy artillery and multi-launch rocket systems, and missile and air strikes.

Meanwhile, the US intelligence community estimated that between 2,000 and 4,000 Russian troops have been killed and thousand others have been injured since the beginning of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

According to the latest update came in, Russia has announced a new ceasefire starting at 10 am Moscow time (9 am Ukrainian time/07:00 GMT) to provide evacuation corridors to the residents of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Mariupol, along with other towns negotiated with the Ukrainian side.

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The Russian media reported, quoting the Russian Coordination Headquarters for Humanitarian Response in Ukraine, that Moscow has proposed that Kyiv notify the representatives of the embassies of foreign states, and international organizations located on the territory of Ukraine about the ceasefire and the provision of humanitarian corridors by 3 am Moscow time (2 am Ukrainian time/ 00:00 GMT) Wednesday.

The Russian Coordination Headquarters for Humanitarian Response in Ukraine said the information on evacuation corridors from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Mariupol will be sent to Ukraine Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk on Wednesday.

Earlier on Tuesday, while addressing the UK House of Commons via video, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, “we will fight to the end,” echoing former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's famous wartime speech.

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"We will not give up and we will not lose. We will fight until the end at sea, in the air. We will continue fighting for our land, whatever the cost," Zelensky said in his comments translated by an interpreter.