Separatist Leader In Donetsk Agrees To Open 'Humanitarian Corridor'

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Aleksandr Zakharchenko, the leader of pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, has agreed to let encircled Ukrainian government troops leave the battlefield after Russian President Vladimir Putin called on militia forces to open "a humanitarian corridor." Zakharchenko said his forces would comply on the condition that the Ukrainian government forces hand over their weapons. (Reuters)