U.N. aid chief calls for safe passage for civilians in Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: Humanitarian appeals in support of the people of Ukraine at the United Nations in Geneva

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths on Monday called on all parties to allow safe passage for civilians to leave areas of active hostilities in Ukraine in the direction they choose, adding that safe passage for humanitarian supplies into those areas is also needed.

Griffiths told the United Nations Security Council that his office has sent a team to Moscow to work on better humanitarian civil-military coordination.

(Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis, Humeyra Pamuk and Chris Gallagher; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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