Russia, Ukraine Complete Oleshky Demining for 1,500 Residents as Aid Convoy Prepares to Move
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Updated · Reuters · Oct 29
Russia, Ukraine Complete Oleshky Demining for 1,500 Residents as Aid Convoy Prepares to Move
3 articles · Updated · Reuters · Oct 29
Summary
Demining routes around Russian-held Oleshky were declared complete by both sides, clearing the way for a humanitarian convoy to reach the district hospital and open a timed evacuation window.
About 1,500 people are believed to remain in the ruined town of 24,000, where residents have faced severe shortages of food and medicine after weeks of efforts to organize relief.
The local ceasefire covers only Oleshky and the wider Kherson region until Sunday, and by midday Thursday neither side had reported violations despite mutual accusations over blocked aid and evacuations.
Vladimir Putin cast the mission as part of broader peace efforts and credited U.S. first lady Melania Trump, while Kyiv also thanked her ahead of U.S.-mediated talks due to resume next month in Abu Dhabi.
Any humanitarian progress remained narrowly confined: the wider war continued with attacks on Ukrainian cities, including a strike on Dnipro's main train station that killed 14 people.