Dmytro Lubinets
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- 4d ago
Oleshky truce ends after six days, US First Lady says nearly 800 evacuated
Russia resumed attacks in the Kherson region after the six-day humanitarian ceasefire in Oleshky expired on 1 November. Neither Ukraine nor Russia has published a total evacuation figure.
- 6d ago
Italy presses EU to name Ukraine negotiator as Kyiv seeks wider security deal
Rome wants the EU to name one negotiator for Ukraine talks, while a five-day humanitarian truce in occupied Oleshky took effect and Kyiv pushes for a broader security framework.
- Oct 25
Russia and Ukraine hold local truce as aid convoy nears occupied Oleshky
Ukrainian, US and Russian delegations reached the aid delivery point on Thursday, 29 October, with deliveries to the trapped town planned for 30 October.
- Oct 19
Pope Leo XIV calls Zelensky over Oleshky humanitarian crisis and truce request
Pope Leo XIV spoke by phone with Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday, 19 October, days after calling Vladimir Putin to seek a humanitarian truce for civilians trapped in the Kherson region city of Oleshky.
- Sep 24
Russian strikes kill nine across Ukraine as Moscow rejects ceasefire pause
Russian ballistic missiles and drones hit Kyiv, Odessa, and Donetsk over 23 and 24 September 2026, killing at least nine people while Moscow rejected any pause in military operations at the UN Security Council.
- Sep 20
Ukraine warns of starvation in occupied Oleshky and seeks UN evacuation corridor
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha announced that Kyiv will bring the humanitarian blockade of Russian-occupied Oleshky to the UN General Assembly, warning that remaining residents face starvation without food, gas, or power.
