Ukraine creates ‘humanitarian’ corridors

KIEV: Ukraine’s new Western-backed president on Tuesday ordered the creation of humanitarian corridors in the separatist east that could save civilians and advance his plan to end nearly two months of fighting by the end of the week.

Tycoon Petro Poroshenko’s initiative meets a major demand put forward by Moscow, and helps address growing concern among rights groups about Kiev’s use of tanks and air power in heavily populated areas to suppress the pro-Russian insurgency.