Stranded locals use rare truce to leave Moscow-occupied town in Ukraine

How are you? Are you packed and ready? For many residents in Oleshky, this moment has been a long time coming. For those travelling to Ukraine, we will tell you which buses are which. We will be taking everyone. The Russian-occupied Ukrainian city has been besieged for months. On the front line and cut off from basic services, people were beginning to starve without regular access to food, water and electricity. Now, a temporary truce in the Kherson region is enabling humanitarian aid to enter and for willing residents to evacuate to either territory. We are very hungry. Some are asking if this is a one-time thing or if it will happen once a week. Dmitry and I are working on arranging regular assistance. It is also a first of its kind for the war, with Russian and Ukrainian authorities working together on the mission. A large convoy has been organized, consisting of 25 buses, providing a minimum of 750 seats. Secondly, special buses have been arranged for bedridden people, if needed. The bus is for people who are lying down. This is the first time since 2022 that a ceasefire has been established along such a large section of the actual front line and has lasted for such a long period of time. But over time, he keeps it up. The localised ceasefire went into effect on Tuesday after it was announced last week by US First Lady Melania Trump and came after weeks of reports that residents were regularly risking their lives to seek aid. Oleshky is separated from Kherson by the Dnipro River and the only way to reach neighbouring towns was to travel by foot or bike on routes riddled with mines. Before evacuations could take place, Russian media released this footage purporting to show military units It's clearing the roads. The truce is expected to be in force until this Sunday.