Kherson Gets 2 Days of Quiet as US-Brokered Ceasefire Opens Oleshky Evacuation

3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Oct 29

Kherson has seen its first two days without reported attacks since Tuesday, letting residents walk, shop and revisit exposed neighborhoods usually under constant Russian drone and artillery fire.
The temporary truce, due to end Sunday, was arranged to enable a civilian evacuation from Russian-occupied Oleshky across the Dnipro, with Russian forces clearing mines ahead of Friday's planned operation.
Ukrainian local officials and occupation researchers say Russia may be using the lull to redeploy troops and move in ammunition, weapons and drones, including reported activity near Radensk about 20 km away.
Dozens of people used the pause to enter Kherson's 'red zone' for the first time in years, retrieving belongings, finding homes destroyed or looted, and visiting graves and relatives.
Kherson's population has fallen to about 65,000 from more than 250,000 since the full-scale invasion, and residents expect strikes to resume—and possibly intensify—once the ceasefire expires next week.