Hundreds Gather for Oleshky Evacuation as Ukrainian Commissioner Reaches Russian-Occupied City
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 27
Hundreds Gather for Oleshky Evacuation as Ukrainian Commissioner Reaches Russian-Occupied City
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 27
Summary
Hundreds of civilians assembled near Oleshky’s hospital Friday for a rare evacuation after months trapped in the frontline city under bombardment and facing hunger.
Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine’s parliamentary human rights commissioner, said he had arrived safely in Russian-occupied Oleshky on a joint mission to deliver aid and move residents out.
A video posted shortly afterward showed Lubinets briefing residents on the route back to Ukrainian-held territory and telling them they could bring pets.
The evacuation followed a local truce announced last Friday by Melania Trump after Pope Leo XIV, three days after lung cancer surgery, urged Vladimir Putin to allow a cease-fire for the city.