Residents leave Russian-occupied Oleshky amid local ceasefire

After interventions reportedly by both Melania Trump and the Pope, people in the besieged Ukrainian city of Oleshky are now being evacuated and heading towards Ukrainian-controlled areas of the country. The major ceasefire has now entered its fourth day. Officials from both Ukraine and Russia have worked together on this rare humanitarian mission. A convoy of 25 buses and several ambulances arrived in the war-torn city earlier on Friday, bringing food and medicine and helping residents who wish to leave. Local authorities say 2,000 people remain in Oleshky. The ceasefire in Ukraine's southern Kherson region is expected to remain in place until Sunday evening. Despite the local ceasefire, fighting has continued in other areas on Friday. Russia's defense ministry claimed to have intercepted more than a thousand Ukrainian drones overnight, while Ukraine reported Russian strikes involving missiles and drones.