Aid convoy reaches Oleshky under brief local truce
A humanitarian convoy of 25 buses, ambulances and aid supplies entered Oleshky, a city on the Dnipro River in Ukraine's Kherson region, on Friday 30 Oct. The mission runs under a six-day local ceasefire brokered by the United States, which holds until Sunday evening. Residents had until 14:00 local time on Friday to decide whether to leave, and aid distribution to those remaining began after 14:30. Russian and Ukrainian human rights commissioners Yana Lantratova and Dmytro Lubinets say mine clearance on the routes is complete, though two people died during the clearance. Authorities and volunteers put the number still in the city at about 2,000, while The Independent cites up to 6,000.
Key facts
- Ukrainian prime minister Sergiy Koretskyi first said 527 residents would return to Ukrainian-held land, then retracted the figure in parliament.
- Ukrainian human-rights chief Dmytro Lubinets thanked U.S. first lady Melania Trump for personally supporting the mission.
- A Russian drone strike on a rail platform in Dnipro killed at least 14 people on Thursday, according to local officials and Moscow.
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Why it matters
The convoy is the first aid delivery into the city under the local truce, and its reach depends on whether the ceasefire holds.
What changed
First published from DW, The Straits Times, Meduza, Tagesschau and The Moscow Times