Oleshky evacuees return to Ukraine under Melania’s ceasefire
The rare ceasefire let aid teams clear mines and deliver food and medicine as more than 750 people were able to leave, officials said.
- On Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, hundreds of residents evacuated Russian-occupied Oleshky, crossing into Ukraine after traveling by bus through Crimea and Russia, then flying to Belarus before reaching the border.
- The localized truce began Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, brokered by U.S. First Lady Melania Trump and Pope Leo XIV, marking the longest pause in fighting since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022.
- Evacuees traveled by bus to Anapa, Russia, then flew to Gomel, Belarus, where Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine's human rights ombudsman, personally escorted residents throughout the multi-leg journey to the border.
- Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders volunteers provided medical aid at the border reception, with many elderly evacuees arriving on stretchers or in wheelchairs requiring immediate care.
- Lubinets and Russian Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova agreed to continue similar humanitarian missions, potentially establishing a framework for addressing crises elsewhere along the front line.
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‘Historic’ is how Russian journalists in exile describe the evacuation of some 700 to 900 civilians from the affected Olesjky. But...
Hundreds of people took advantage of the ceasefire in Oleshky to leave the occupied area, where resources were scarce. With the initiative came the hope of new steps towards peace, but political scientist Pavel Baev considers this to be a special case. More than a general appeasement, he understands that other specific agreements may arise.
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Moscow, Nov 2 (EFE).- The Russian Ombudsman, Yana Lantratova, reported today on an agreement for monthly humanitarian access to residents of the Ukrainian town of Oleshki, which Russia controls since the beginning of the war and where last week the first humanitarian mission of the parties took place, mediated [...] The entry The Russian Ombudsman reveals agreement for monthly humanitarian access to Oleshki was first published in HolaNews.
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welingelichtekringen.nlMOSCOW/KYIV (ANP/RTR) - The beleaguered Ukrainian city of Olesjky can expect monthly humanitarian aid shipments, says occupying power Russia. The country reportedly agreed on this with mediator Melania Trump, now that not all residents have taken advantage of the ceasefire to seek safe haven. "E...
The truce, described as the longest ceasefire period agreed upon by both sides since the beginning of the conflict in 2022, has required prior demining of the accesses to the town.
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