UNITED NATIONS, March 8. /TASS/. Russia’s envoy to the UN Vasily Nebenzya on Monday said Russia is calling on the West to help to organize humanitarian corridors in Ukraine and convince the Ukrainian government to think about the safety of civilians that are being held by radicals.

"I would like to once again strongly urge our Western colleagues to convince the Ukrainian leadership to finally think about the safety of Ukrainian and foreign citizens held by radicals and get involved in the work to open and ensure the security of humanitarian corridors," he said at a Security Council meeting. "Of course, that’s if you still have any leverage over the nationalists, which we increasingly doubt."

"We are ready for this work," the envoy went on to say.