Russia offers humanitarian corridors from five Ukraine cities -reports

Servicemen escort people with children from Kyiv's Central Children's Hospital to an evacuation train from Kyiv to Lviv at Kyiv central train station amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 7, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Russia has proposed the establishment of humanitarian corridors to allow civilians to leave five Ukrainian cities including the capital Kyiv from 9 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) on Tuesday pending Ukrainian agreement, Russian news agencies reported.

But most of the corridors would travel through Russia or Belarus, something Ukrainian authorities have rejected in the past.