After Melania Trump reportedly brokered a localized truce, residents of Ukraine's Oleshky managed to leave the occupied city. Meanwhile, Kyiv claimed a hit on a Russian rocket fuel plant. DW has more.
A few days of truce allowed the removal of remaining civilians from Oleshky, which continual Russian attacks have made all but uninhabitable.
The civilians traveled by bus and plane through Russia and Belarus before returning to Ukraine, following a deal brokered by U.S. first lady Melania Trump.
Evacuees from Oleshky crossed into Ukrainian-held territory Saturday in a major rescue operation after travelling through Belarus during a rare truce brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump. The city of Oleshky has been under Russian occupation since 2022 and was caught in intense fighting that left residents starving and unable to leave.
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Residents were taken out from the devastated city on Friday during a local ceasefire.
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Residents evacuated from the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky have left for Russia's Anapa city with a Ukrainian delegation, senior official David Arakhamia said Friday. They are expected to fly to Belarus before returning to Ukraine by bus, during a rare ceasefire brokered by the United States.
Russian strikes on the surrounding area have prevented food, water, and medicine from reaching the city for months.
Under the local ceasefire, an aid convoy of 25 buses arrived with humanitarian aid and as transport for fleeing Oleshky residents. The Ukrainian city has been occupied by Russia since 2022 and faces food shortages.
Humanitarian convoy brings food and medicine to Russian-held city where people have suffered severe shortages People living in the besieged Russian-held city of Oleshky in southern Ukraine were evacuated on Friday as part of a joint relief operation, the first of its kind in four years and eight months of war. The city, which lies on the Russian-occupied side of the Dnipro River, opposite Kherson, has suffered months of serious food and medical shortages, leading to warnings of starvation for the few thousand people remaining there, including about 50 children. Continue reading...
Catherine Viette is pleased to welcome Jens Schumacher, Field Coordinator in Mykolaiv and Kherson with Solidarity International. Just a few kilometers separate the Ukrainian-controlled city of Kherson from Russian-occupied Oleshky. For civilians caught between military occupation, disrupted essential services and uncertain evacuation arrangements, geographical proximity offers little guarantee of access to life-saving assistance. Schumacher examines the humanitarian implications of a temporary ceasefire around Oleshky, where approximately 2,000 civilians were reported to remain. Although the cessation of attacks has created a limited opportunity for humanitarian operations, the geographical scope of the agreement, the prospects for evacuation and the possibility of sustained humanitarian access remain uncertain.
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Russian and Ukrainian officials have entered the devastated city of Oleshky following a rare ceasefire brokered by U.S. first lady Melania Trump
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A temporary ceasefire has brought rare quiet to Kherson, offering its residents a glimpse of normal life before fighting resumes.
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A planned six-day ceasefire brokered by U.S. first lady Melania Trump has brought rare quiet to the Ukrainian-held city of Kherson
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A ceasefire in the Russian-held Ukrainian city of Oleshky, where first lady Melania Trump said the situation "is dire," went into effect on Tuesday.
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