Humanitarian mission prepares to enter Oleshky as localized ceasefire holds
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A localized ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia was holding for a third day Thursday as a humanitarian mission prepared to enter Russian-occupied Oleshky in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region.
The truce began at 3 a.m. Kyiv time on October 27 to permit aid deliveries and the evacuation of civilians. Ukrainian human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets said Wednesday that it had continued for 30 hours without a reported incident, with Ukrainian and Russian officials maintaining direct coordination. The agreement is scheduled to remain in effect until 10:59 p.m. Kyiv time on November 1, according to Lubinets.
U.S. First Lady Melania Trump helped mediate the arrangement, working with Lubinets and Russian human rights official Yana Lantratova. Trump said officials would assess residents’ needs and help those wishing to leave reach destinations in either Ukrainian- or Russian-controlled territory.
Preparations included clearing mines from an access road and registering prospective evacuees, including people requiring medical assistance, according to a lawyer with the Save Ukraine Foundation. Operational details and routes have not been publicly disclosed for security reasons.
About 2,000 people, including nearly 50 children, are estimated to remain in Oleshky. Residents have faced acute shortages of food, medicine, water and electricity, while mines and drone attacks have made travel dangerous. The city has been under Russian occupation since 2022 and was heavily damaged by flooding after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in 2023.
Despite the Oleshky truce, Russia continued strikes elsewhere in Ukraine, including attacks on Kyiv shortly before the ceasefire began.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Correct the attribution for the ceasefire’s precise end time from Davyd Arakhamia to Dmytro Lubinets. - "The agreement is scheduled to remain in effect until 10:59 p.m. Kyiv time on November 1, according to Ukrainian parliamentary leader Davyd Arakhamia.": The precise 10:59 p.m. end time is attributed in the source to ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets; Arakhamia said only that the ceasefire would last until November 1.
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Humanitarian mission prepares to enter Oleshky as localized ceasefire holds
A localized ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia was holding for a third day Thursday as a humanitarian mission prepared to enter Russian-occupied Oleshky in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region.
The truce began at 3 a.m. Kyiv time on October 27 to permit aid deliveries and the evacuation of civilians. Ukrainian human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets said Wednesday that it had continued for 30 hours without a reported incident, with Ukrainian and Russian officials maintaining direct coordination. The agreement is scheduled to remain in effect until 10:59 p.m. Kyiv time on November 1, according to Ukrainian parliamentary leader Davyd Arakhamia.Lubinets.
U.S. First Lady Melania Trump helped mediate the arrangement, working with Lubinets and Russian human rights official Yana Lantratova. Trump said officials would assess residents’ needs and help those wishing to leave reach destinations in either Ukrainian- or Russian-controlled territory.
Preparations included clearing mines from an access road and registering prospective evacuees, including people requiring medical assistance, according to a lawyer with the Save Ukraine Foundation. Operational details and routes have not been publicly disclosed for security reasons.
About 2,000 people, including nearly 50 children, are estimated to remain in Oleshky. Residents have faced acute shortages of food, medicine, water and electricity, while mines and drone attacks have made travel dangerous. The city has been under Russian occupation since 2022 and was heavily damaged by flooding after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in 2023.
Despite the Oleshky truce, Russia continued strikes elsewhere in Ukraine, including attacks on Kyiv shortly before the ceasefire began.
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