Russia says Ukraine has repeatedly struck Oleshky with artillery and drones ahead of local ceasefire
Russia says it can accept short humanitarian pauses while keeping up its offensive and resuming US-mediated talks next month.
- On Tuesday, a local ceasefire begins in Oleshky, brokered by First Lady Melania Trump to enable humanitarian aid delivery and civilian evacuations from the Russian-occupied city.
- The Russian-occupied city on the Dnipro River faces severe shortages of food, clean water, and medicine; between 1,700 and 2,000 residents remain, including around 50 children.
- Russia's Defence Ministry accused Ukraine on Monday of carrying out more than 120 drone attacks and 18 artillery strikes on Oleshky over the past week, hindering aid efforts.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov emphasized the Oleshky truce does not signal a broader halt to the war, adding that Russian forces continue massive strikes on Ukraine's military-industrial complex.
- US-Brokered talks are set to resume after Russia's National Unity Day, though Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov cautioned against expecting an immediate breakthrough in upcoming negotiations.
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The Kremlin stated on Monday that it will not slow down its offensive against Ukraine, despite the negotiations mediated by the United States to end the conflict in Eastern Europe, but indicated that it could agree to the establishment of a limited "humanitarian ceasefire". Context: Zelensky says there will be a meeting between Ukraine, Russia and the US in November after the end of the negotiations Want to read more news from the World? Follow …
Russia says Ukraine has repeatedly struck Oleshky with artillery and drones ahead of local ceasefire
Russia's Defence Ministry on Monday accused Ukraine of repeatedly striking the Russian-controlled town of Oleshky in southern Ukraine with artillery and drones ahead of a planned local ceasefire this week, something it said had thwarted the delivery of food and medicine and stopped people leaving.
Reformatorisch Dagblad
Russia is open to more short humanitarian ceasefires along the front line, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. He referred to the humanitarian truce expected to take effect around the city of Olesjky on the night of Monday to Tuesday. However, Russia says it will not slow down the offensive against Ukraine.
Radio France Internationale
Russia says open to mini Ukraine ceasefires, but no let up in war
The Kremlin said that it was open to short-term "humanitarian" ceasefires along the front line, ahead of a truce in the ravaged Russian-occupied city of Oleshky. A ceasefire is to start in the southern Ukrainian city early Tuesday, brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump after months of reports that residents faced dire food, water and medicine shortages. Asked whether Russia would consider more local truces, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told…
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