# Rare ceasefire allows Ukraine and Russia to evacuate civilians from Oleshky

https://mins.news/en/video/122909

- DW News, 2026-10-30 17:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBo55Dh5uq0

> Russian and Ukrainian officials are cooperating in occupied Oleshky to evacuate civilians and deliver aid. After months of negotiations, a local ceasefire lets residents choose whether to go to Ukraine or Russia, though it remains unclear whether the humanitarian truce could be repeated elsewhere or is an exception in a war still being fought along the frontlines.

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