Meduza · 27 Oct 2026
Trapped without food, electricity, or medicine, civilians in occupied Oleshky finally have a chance to escape. But even those wishing to go to Ukraine will reportedly be taken to Russia first.
A ceasefire took effect early on October 27 in Oleshky (called Alyoshki in Russian) in Ukraine’s Kherson region. Russia and Ukraine had agreed to halt fighting to evacuate civilians and deliver humanitarian aid to the Russian-occupied city, where a humanitarian catastrophe has unfolded. U.S. first lady Melania Trump helped the two sides reach the agreement.
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