Russia offered to open humanitarian corridors from Kiev to Belarus and further to Russia, from Sumy and Kharkov directly to Russia, Ukraine considers it unacceptable, said the Minister for Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk.

"In the morning there was information that Russia with a humane purpose opens humanitarian corridors, and the ceasefire is engaged from 10 am. This is an unacceptable way of opening humanitarian corridors. Our people from Ivankiv, Dymer, Vyshgorod, near Kyiv will not go to Belarus to fly to Russia," she said.

Vereshchuk said that yesterday night a letter was received from Russia in which they proposed, "given the personal request of the President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron" to declare a silent regime from 7 March 2022 and open the following humanitarian corridors:

- from Kiev: Kiev, Gostomel, Rakovka, Sosnovka, Ivankov, Oranoye, Chernobyl, Gden (Belarus), Gomel with the subsequent delivery to Russia by air.

- from Kharkiv: Kharkiv-Nekhoteyevka-Belgorod and then by train or by road to the destination or temporary stay;

- from Sumy: Sumy-Sudzha-Belgorod and then by rail or road to the points of destination or temporary stay.

"I hope that President Macron understands that his name and sincere attempts to help and assist the civilian population of Ukraine, as well as foreign nationals of China, Pakistan, India and many other countries, are in fact used and manipulated by Russia," Vereshchuk said.

At the same time, she added that Ukraine has sent its vision of what humanitarian corridors should look like and is ready to open such corridors from 10 am today.