Evacuees of Russian-occupied Oleshky reunited with families
Ukrainian residents who spent years trapped in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky have arrived in Ukrainian-controlled territory. There were emotional scenes as they were reunited with loved ones. Their evacuation took place during a US-backed local ceasefire.
Residents of nearby villages line highway waving flags to greet the evacuees’ convoy from the Russian-occupied city Evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky have been reunited with their families after crossing into Ukrainian-held territory on Saturday. The major rescue operation began on Friday and was carried out under the most significant truce since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine four and a half years ago.
Residents evacuated from the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky have reached Ukraine under the most significant truce since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
After Melania Trump reportedly brokered a localized truce, residents of Ukraine's Oleshky managed to leave the occupied city. Meanwhile, Kyiv claimed a hit on a Russian rocket fuel plant.
Residents were taken out from the devastated city on Friday during a local ceasefire.
Starving residents of Oleshky in southern Ukraine begin evacuating as part of a joint relief operation by the opposing sides, the first of its kind in four years and eight months of war.
Hundreds of residents of the devastated Russian-occupied city of Oleshky have been evacuated, Russian and Ukrainian authorities have said, following a humanitarian ceasefire brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump. Both Lubinets and Lantratova posted videos from Oleshky on their social media channels, saying people were given the chance to form two groups depending on whether they wanted to be taken to Russian-controlled territory or to Ukraine.