Reunited After 1,711 Days: Oleshky Evacuees Return to Ukraine Under Melania Trump-Brokered Ceasefire
The evacuees were reunited with family after years under occupation, and doctors warned many will need careful feeding after severe malnutrition.
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Tears and joy as Oleshky residents reunite with relatives in Ukraine — Watch Video At The Kyiv Independent
On Oct. 31, residents of the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky finally arrived in Ukrainian-controlled territory as part of an evacuation mission that involved a short pause in fighting mediated with the involvement of U.S. First Lady Melania Trump. Seventeen buses carrying evacuees reached Ukrainian-controlled territory, where families were reunited with loved ones they had not seen for years. The Kyiv Independent’s Yuliia Taradiuk and Olena Zas…
Reunited after 1,711 days: Oleshky evacuees return to Ukraine under Melania Trump-brokered ceasefire
Ukraine’s border with Belarus — Dmytro had not seen his wife Larisa for 1,711 days. He had been counting. Waiting near the border between Ukraine and Belarus, his nervous eyes were fixed on the horizon, looking for the bus carrying Larisa and others fleeing the occupied southern Ukrainian town of Oleshky. When the couple, both 54, finally reunited on Saturday afternoon, Dmytro didn’t hold back. He kissed Larisa over and over again and held her …
We are finally safe, the rescued say through tears
This article summarizes the most important events of the Ukrainian war from Saturday, October 31, 2026. This is the 1,711th day of the war. Ukrainians evacuated from the village of Oleshky during the ceasefire brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump were allowed to enter Ukrainian-held areas on Saturday, reports the US media outlet CNN. Among them was Dmytro, who had not seen his wife Larisa for 1,711 days. The man said he had been counting the …
Larisa lost a third of her weight under Russian occupation. A truce allowed her to embrace her husband again at the end of 1711 days.
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