# ‘We came back from hell’: Ukrainians evacuated from Russian-occupied city

https://mins.news/en/item/124136

- BBC Chinese, 2026-11-01 04:24 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/cwn8dkzrm8lvo/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> A humanitarian ceasefire brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump took effect in the Kherson region, bringing its first days of calm in four years and enabling residents to leave Russian-occupied Oleshky. Hundreds travelled via Russia and Belarus to northern Ukraine, where many reunited with relatives they had not seen for years. Residents described life amid shelling, drone strikes and missile attacks.

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