Ukraine seeks to open new humanitarian corridors in four regions

People walk on a path during their evacuation in Irpin, Ukraine, March 8, 2022. (Photo by Diego Herrera/Xinhua)

KIEV, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian representatives are seeking to establish new humanitarian corridors in four regions in negotiations with Russia, the presidential press service said Wednesday.

Quoting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the press service said that Ukraine seeks to establish new routes for evacuation of civilians in the Kiev region in central Ukraine, Kharkiv and Lugansk in eastern Ukraine and Zaporizhzhia in the southern part of the country.

A total of 7,026 people were rescued from the besieged city of Mariupol on Tuesday, where the active hostilities between Ukrainian and Russian forces were underway, it added.