Evacuation Efforts Bring Oleshky Residents Back to Ukraine Amid Ceasefire

11/01/2026

Residents evacuated from Russian-occupied Oleshky have reached Ukrainian-held territory following a rare local truce. They described years of isolation, food shortages and regular shelling, with...

11/01/2026

A successful evacuation. Residents of the city of Oleshky who had requested to be evacuated were reunited with their loved ones in Ukraine on Saturday, October 31. The city, located on the front...

10/31/2026

Evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky crossed into Ukrainian-held territory Saturday in a major rescue operation carried out under the most significant truce since Russia's full-scale invasion of...

10/31/2026

Residents evacuated from the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky arrived back in Ukraine on Saturday amid a localized U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement. The halt in fighting, which was secured...

10/31/2026

Residents evacuated from the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky have crossed into Ukrainian-held territory after a humanitarian mission and localized ceasefire, part of a major rescue operation...

10/31/2026

Residents of the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky, ravaged by years of war, began arriving in Ukraine on Saturday after being evacuated via Belarus during a rare truce brokered by US First Lady...

10/31/2026

EVACUEES from Russian-occupied Oleshky have finally arrived back in Ukraine after a rare truce brokered by Melania Trump. Residents draped in Ukrainian flags were disembarking buses and tearfully...

10/31/2026

The BBC's Dan Johnson travelled to the northern Ukrainian border with Belarus after evacuated Oleshky residents arrived in buses and ambulances following a temporary ceasefire.

10/31/2026

The civilians traveled by bus and plane through Russia and Belarus before returning to Ukraine, following a deal brokered by U.S. first lady Melania Trump.

10/31/2026

Hundreds of residents left the town of Oleshky on Friday during a U.S.-backed local ceasefire, the first of its kind during the Russia-Ukraine war.

10/31/2026

Residents of a Russian-occupied village in southern Ukraine who have been living with limited food and electricity were evacuated and reunited with their families following a temporary ceasefire...