MOSCOW, August 29. /ITAR-TASS /. Leaders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic are ready to provide humanitarian corridors for encircled Kiev-loyal troops on condition of their disarmament.

The republic's Prime Minister Alexander Zakharchenko told Russia 24 Television on Friday that the republic's leaders supported Russian President Vladimir Putin's initiative.

"With all due respect for Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, the president of the country that is the first to support us morally, we are ready to provide humanitarian corridors for encircled Ukrainian troops on condition that they surrender heavy weapons and ammunition so that the weaponry and ammunition would not be used against us," he said.