MOSCOW, October 26 /TASS/. Russia and the Syrian government are ready to resume the humanitarian pauses in Aleppo if they receive guarantees from international organizations about readiness to evacuate the sick and the wounded as well as peaceful civilians from the rebel-held areas, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday.

"The Russian Aerospace Forces and the Syrian Air Force have been sticking to a moratorium on air strikes for the past eight days. They are staying out of a 10-km (six-mile) zone around Aleppo," Konashenkov explained.

"Six humanitarian corridors, field kitchens and first aid stations are open for civilians leaving eastern Aleppo 24 hours a day," the Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman said.

"Russia and the Syrian government are ready to resume ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Aleppo if they receive guarantees from international organizations confirming readiness to evacuate the sick and the wounded as well as civilian population from the rebel-held areas," Konashenkov emphasized.

He also said that the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Sides in Syria had turned over 10 tonnes of humanitarian cargoes to the local population in the Sheikh Maqsud neighborhood of Aleppo.

Militants continur to torture those trying to leave Aleppo

Militants in Aleppo are seizing and torturing the relatives of those who used the humanitarian corridors to leave the besieged neighborhoods. They are also using civilians as live shields, according to the refugees who have got in touch with their families and relatives by using local communications means.

"Almost all the refugees have relatives who remained on the opposite side. They say that it is living hell. The militants have captured several people - the relatives of those who managed to flee. Now, all of them are in prison. They say they are being tortured. All of us are very much afraid," one civilian who had recently left Aleppo via a humanitarian corridor said.

Refugees who manage to escape prefer to be anonymous and are asking journalists not to show their faces on TV. This elderly man’s daughter is staying in eastern Aleppo together with her husband. They have managed to evacuate only their children.