Iryna Vereshchuk, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for the Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories has called on international humanitarian organizations to provide humanitarian corridors in the Donbas for the evacuation of civilians.

"I must admit that we expected more real support and assistance from international humanitarian structures, primarily from the International Committee of the Red Cross, the UN, the OSCE. Therefore, I appeal to these international organizations," she said.

"I understand that you are worried about the safety of your staff, but at the same time, your internationally recognized neutral status gives you more security than our national structures ... You can't do all humanitarian work while sitting in Lviv," she said in an address on Tuesday evening.

Vereshchuk said that if these organizations cannot fulfill their humanitarian mandate in Donetsk, Luhansk and other regions because of the danger posed by the Russian army, they must clearly, officially and unequivocally declare this to the whole world.

"Who exactly is preventing you from fulfilling your humanitarian mandate? If you cannot do your work directly in Donbass, we ask you to provide us with urgent assistance by road transport. And most importantly, we ask you to do everything possible to ensure humanitarian corridors in Donbas, to evacuate civilians, primarily women and children, the elderly and people with disabilities," she said.