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How many people can leave Oleshky, and who is still stuck there?
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Oleshky is a town in Kherson region under Russian occupation. Earlier BBC reporting named Gomel and Anapa as stops on the evacuation route.
Oleshky, Gomel, and Anapa
Russia's rights commissioner says the buses have 750 seats, and people are boarding gradually, sorted by whether they want to go to Russia or to Ukrainian-controlled territory.
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Before the operation, 1700 people were stuck in the town, according to NOS. Ukrainian authorities have so far counted 527 people heading to Ukrainian-controlled territory, and the premier says that figure is still changing.
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= 5 people
- counted heading to Ukraine527
Demining of the access routes was finished on Thursday night, and two people died doing that work, one of them a sapper. Both ombudsmen say the truce has not been violated. The convoy went in on 30 October, and the truce is due to end on 1 November.
- 30 OctoberConvoy enters the town
- 1 NovemberComing upTruce expires
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Russian and Ukrainian delegations begin humanitarian evacuation from occupied OleshkyRead the article
Based on reports by
- Deutsche WelleDavid Arakhamia: Evacuation has begun in Oleshky
- BBCEvacuation of civilians has begun in Oleshky
- Deutsche WelleUkraine and Russia evacuate occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky
- NOSAid reaches occupied Ukrainian city Oleshky, “hundreds of people evacuated”
- La RazónEvacuation of civilian population begins in occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky
- Notícias ao MinutoWar in Ukraine. Locality of Oleshky has already started to be evacuated