Evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky arrive in Ukraine amid localised truce between Kyiv and Moscow

Residents evacuated from the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky have arrived in the Ukrainian-held territory after a humanitarian mission and localized ceasefire. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this on Saturday saying the humanitarian operation has been successfully completed. All ever-quitted Ukrainian citizens caught have crossed the border into Ukraine in Chernihiv Oblast, Zelensky said on X. The residents travelled by bus and plane through Russia and Belarus following a deal brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump. The crossing took place under restrictions imposed by Ukrainian authorities that did not permit the disclosure of the number of evacuees. According to reports, the estimated 2,000 remaining residents were offered the choice of traveling to Ukrainian or Russian-held territory or remaining in the city. Many residents have been trapped without food, water and electricity. The truce in the southern Kherson region is seen as the most significant since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than four and a half years ago.