How has the ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky been unfolding?

CitrixNews Staff

· October 30, 2026 at 11:19 PM

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Hundreds of residents of the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky were evacuated and driven to safety on Friday, following a humanitarian ceasefire brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump.

Residents had a four-hour window to leave the city. Some people are understood to have stayed despite the lack of power and water in the area.

The BBC Ukraine correspondent Dan Johnson explains how the ceasefire is going and what could happen next.

Read the full story here.

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