Residents evacuated from Russian-occupied Oleshky reach Ukraine after localized ceasefire
About 750 evacuees were moved under a rare joint truce as roads were cleared of mines and humanitarian aid was delivered, officials said.
- Evacuees from the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky arrived in Ukrainian-controlled territory on Saturday, Oct. 31, completing an arduous 19-hour journey to reunite with relatives at the border in Chernihiv Oblast.
- The evacuation followed a temporary ceasefire in the Kherson region, brokered with help from U.S. First Lady Melania Trump, which began at 3 a.m. Tuesday and is expected to continue through Sunday evening.
- According to Newsmax journalist Alex Salvi, approximately 750 people registered for evacuation, split between 11 buses to Ukraine and four to Russia, marking the largest publicly-known humanitarian operation from occupied territories.
- Residents interviewed by the Media Initiative for Human Rights reported Russian forces staged the evacuation to avoid destroyed areas, while some evacuees expressed fears in local chats of "concentration camps."
- Ukraine's Human Rights Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets coordinated the operation with Russian counterparts; President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed success, stating further de-escalation steps and a real approach to peace are still needed.
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U.S. First Lady Melania Trump conducted an evacuation from the southern Ukrainian front city Oleschky occupied by Moscow's troops. After an interim stage, refugees went to Ukraine.
Ukraine had completed a humanitarian operation in the occupied Oleshkh on Hersonshchin and hoped to maintain access to the city. The evacuated residents had already crossed the border in the Chernihiv region, the President had said.
<p>Humanitarian mission from Oleshok - residents of the city already on the territory of Ukraine (report) Residents of temporarily occupied Oleshki arrived in Ukraine after a humanitarian operation. They spoke of famine, shelling, mines and lack of medicine</p>.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that evacuees from the town of Oleshky had arrived in Ukrainian-controlled territory. He thanked the US first lady.
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