Humanitarian convoy evacuates residents from Russian-held Oleshky
A 25-vehicle convoy brought food and medicine and evacuated residents from Oleshky under a localised Kherson ceasefire, according to The Guardian.
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The Guardian reports that a humanitarian convoy of 25 buses and ambulances entered Russian-held Oleshky on Friday, delivering food and medicine and evacuating residents under a localised Kherson ceasefire that allowed roads out of the city to be de-mined.
- Convoy of 25 buses and ambulances reached Oleshky on Friday, The Guardian reported.
- A localised ceasefire in the Kherson region allowed roads out of the city to be de-mined.
- Oleshky, opposite Kherson on the occupied Dnipro bank, had faced months of food and medical shortages.
- Ukrainian lawmaker Davyd Arakhamia confirmed some evacuees were travelling to the Russian city of Anapa.
- The Guardian described the operation as the first relief effort of its kind in four years and eight months of war.
Convoy reaches occupied city
A humanitarian convoy including 25 buses and ambulances arrived in Oleshky on Friday to deliver food and medicine and evacuate people wishing to leave, The Guardian reported. The city lies on the Russian-occupied side of the Dnipro River, opposite Kherson.
The Guardian said the operation was the first relief effort of its kind in four years and eight months of war. A localised ceasefire in the Kherson region allowed roads out of Oleshky to be de-mined, making the evacuation possible.
Shortages and evacuation route
Oleshky has suffered months of serious food and medical shortages, The Guardian reported, with warnings of starvation for the few thousand people remaining, including about 50 children.
Ukrainian lawmaker Davyd Arakhamia, part of the delegation to Oleshky, confirmed some evacuees were travelling to the Russian city of Anapa. According to The Guardian, evacuees would then fly to Belarus and travel by bus to Ukraine's Chernihiv region.
The Guardian said it was unclear how many people travelled in the convoy, although earlier reports suggested more than 500 people wanted to move to Ukrainian territory.
How were roads out of Oleshky made passable for the evacuation?
The Guardian reports that a localised ceasefire in Ukraine's southern Kherson region allowed roads out of Oleshky to be de-mined, making the evacuation possible.
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