Russia agrees on 9 additional humanitarian corridors proposed by Kyiv - Russian Defense Ministry

MOSCOW. March 17 (Interfax) - Kyiv proposed organizing nine additional humanitarian corridors on Thursday, while Russia agreed on them and declared a temporary ceasefire, head of the Russian National Defense Control Center Mikhail Mizintsev said.

"Russia again agreed on all of the nine additional humanitarian corridors proposed by Kyiv from Kyiv, Zaporizhzhya, Zhytomyr, and Kharkiv," Mizintsev said at a press briefing on Thursday.

"The Russian Armed Forces are also strictly observing the temporary ceasefire along all these passages," he said.