The opening of humanitarian corridors, which were proposed earlier by Russia, are unacceptable for the Ukrainian side, Deputy Prime Minister for issues of reintegration on uncontrolled territories Irina Vereshchuk said on Monday, TASS reports.
"This is an unacceptable option for opening humanitarian corridors," she told a news briefing.
Russia’s Inter-Agency Humanitarian Response Coordination Center reported earlier on Monday that the Russian Armed Forces were announcing a ceasefire from 10 o’clock in the morning and opening humanitarian corridors from Kyiv, Kharkov, Sumy and Mariupol.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24 that in response to a request by the heads of the Donbass republics he had made a decision to carry out a special military operation in Ukraine in order to protect people "who have been suffering from abuse and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years." The Russian leader stressed that Moscow had no plans of occupying Ukrainian territories and the operation was aimed at demilitarizing and denazifying Ukraine.
When clarifying the developments unfolding, the Russian Defense Ministry reassured that Russian troops are not targeting Ukrainian cities, but are limited to surgically striking and incapacitating Ukrainian military infrastructure. There are no threats whatsoever to the civilian population.
