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Ukrainian residents evacuated from Russian-occupied city of Oleshky have arrived in Ukrainian-controlled territory.

Evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky have crossed into Ukrainian-held territory

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.

Residents were taken out from the devastated city on Friday during a local ceasefire.

Four planes transporting evacuees from the war-ravaged city have arrived in Belarus's Gomel.

UN Security Council rejected the competing proposals, leaving the peacekeeping mission without an approved extension.

Analysts say the seizure of state arsenals, external backing and extensive military evolution has helped the Houthis.

Hundreds have been evacuated from Russia-occupied Oleshky under a localised ceasefire brokered by Melania Trump.

The Ukrainian president called the US decision strong, but added that delivery of 500 Patriot PAC-3 missiles ⁠could take years The US has approved the sale ⁠of 500 Patriot PAC-3 missiles ⁠to Ukraine for an estimated $2.1bn, but Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned deliveries could take years and stockpiles were needed now to counter Russian ballistic missile attacks. “The proposed sale will improve Ukraine’s capability to meet current and future threats by improving its integrated air and missile defense capabilities,” the US state department said in a statement on Friday. Continue reading...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declined to comment on Russia's participation in the G20 summit in December, telling DW that Volodymyr Zelenskyy should travel to Russia if he wanted talks with Vladimir Putin.

Marco Rubio pulls plug on traditional photo op at meeting of foreign ministers after about one-third of countries threaten boycott The traditional “family photo” to open the G20 foreign minister’s meeting has been abruptly cancelled in the US after a host of nations – including Australia and the UK – refused to appear beside Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov. US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, pulled the plug after several European officials, the UK and Australia made it known they would boycott or walk out of the snapshot that often kicks off such international gatherings. Continue reading...

Stephen Hubbard said that only when he was being taken from Moscow to St Petersburg did he believe he was ‘going somewhere’ In his first comments since recently being released from a Russian prison, a retired Michigan teacher said he only believed he would be freed when he got new clothes. Stephen Hubbard, 74, remarked on Friday that he had heard many times previously that he would be released – but never really trusted what he was told, adopting a philosophy of “seeing is believing” and “actions speak louder than words”. Continue reading...

Ukraine correspondent Dan Johnson explains the temporary ceasefire in the devastated town of Oleshky.

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.

Novaya Gazeta has been one of the most high-profile independent news outlets in Russia over the last three decades.

Sanctioned Russian FM attends Atlanta talks as Iran war, Hormuz disruption and Ukraine divide G20 members.

Oil prices rose with the market on edge about possible military escalation in the Middle East, while an attack on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, Houthi claims of more attacks on Saudi refineries and a Ukrainian strike on a Russian refinery fed supply concerns.

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.

Journalists at the fiercely independent Novaya Gazeta, whose co-founder received the Nobel Peace Prize, said the government had orchestrated its demise.

Stephen James Hubbard, the retired teacher arrested soon after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, said he sometimes lost hope.

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.

Some residents of Oleshky, a Russian-occupied town in southern Ukraine ravaged by food and medicine shortages, left on Friday during a rare ceasefire brokered by the United States – due to end on Sunday evening. Ukrainian and Russian officials visited the town together on Friday, delivering aid and marshalling those who wanted to leave.

The first strike on a Russian oil refinery in two weeks comes after Russian attacks killed 27 civilians on Thursday.

Russian made an unprecedented combative move this month as one of its military satellites, the Cosmos-2612, encroached upon the orbit of Ukrainian commercial satellite, Iceye-X36, in behaviour deemed "threatening" by the US State Department. Norbert Pouzin, an orbital analyst at French space tech firm, Aldoria, described the mercenary manoeuvre as the first of its kind.

Hundreds of people are also understood to have stayed in the front-line town, despite the dangers.

Starving and exhausted residents of Oleshky, a Russian-occupied town in southern Ukraine, were being evacuated on Friday, October 30, as part of a joint relief operation involving the opposing sides – the first operation of its kind in four years and eight months of war. FRANCE 24’s Ukraine correspondent Emmanuelle Chaze reports.

Independent outlet, whose former editor Dmitry Muratov won Nobel prize, cites intolerable pressure from authorities Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia’s best-known independent media outlets, has announced it will permanently close next month. The newspaper, whose former editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov won the Nobel peace prize in 2021 , cited intolerable pressure, including being stripped of its newsroom, its donation platforms and its legal right to publish. “This is not just our own story; it is the story of a country and a society that are being systematically crushed,” wrote its editor-in-chief, Sergei Sokolov, on the newspaper’s website. Continue reading...

A Greek container ship has sunk after being struck by three drones, potentially of Russian origin, in the Black Sea off the Bulgarian coast on Wednesday, October 28. This incident highlights growing concerns for commercial shipping as the conflict between Ukraine and Russia persists.

Russian and Ukrainian officials have entered the devastated city of Oleshky following a rare ceasefire brokered by U.S. first lady Melania Trump

An evacuation mission was underway in a Russian-occupied city in Ukraine, during a truce brokered by first lady Melania Trump and with Pope Leo XIV’s involvement.

"Novaya Gazeta," one of the last remaining independent, critical media outlets in Russia, has announced it is closing under pressure from state authorities. Meanwhile, in Ukraine, evacuations have begun in Oleshky.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has ruled that Russian teams must be allowed to take part in international ice hockey tournaments. The IIHF had banned Russia following the country's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Kyiv has temporarily halted one of its most effective operations against Moscow after complaints from President Trump.

A Russian drone hit two trains at a station in central Ukraine, killing at least 14 people, but a local truce credited to Melania Trump is bringing some hope elsewhere.

A rare localized cease-fire announced by the first lady offered a brief respite for Kherson, Ukraine, where Russian drones and artillery have long terrorized civilians.

A deadly strike was a grim reminder that despite a rare local cease-fire around the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky, other communities remained under fire.

A Russian official said potential relief for a state investment fund was part of talks. Russia has sought to wring economic benefits from the negotiations on ending the war with Ukraine.

A lawyer with the Save Ukraine Foundation, Myroslava Kharchenko, told DW about what has been happening in Russian-occupied Oleshky since a temporary ceasefire brokered by Melania Trump took effect.

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.

The agreement would “temporarily stop all military action in Oleshky to allow for humanitarian aid to enter and to prepare a civilian evacuation,” the White House said.

A former Deutsche Bank executive got into business with the kingpins of Russia’s shadow fleet. Then it all went south.

A 12-year legal campaign resulted in Norway’s seizing a research ship in Svalbard, deep in the Arctic Circle.

Bulldozers tore down Palestinian businessman Riyad Mureish’s home in Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Friday, as Israeli officials launched a fresh crackdown on residents there.