Russia-Ukraine truce for Oleshky allows aid mission to help starving residents

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A local ceasefire enabled an aid convoy to reach Russian-held Oleshky in southern Ukraine, where starving residents began evacuating. The operation was brokered by Melania Trump and is described as an unusual instance of cooperation between the warring sides.

Starving residents ⁠of a Russian-held town in southern Ukraine began evacuating on Friday as part of a joint relief operation by the opposing sides, the first of its kind in four years and eight months of war. Under a local ceasefire brokered by US first lady Melania Trump, an aid convoy arrived in the town of Oleshky and people were given the opportunity to leave. Although it was a striking example of cooperation between the warring sides, the Kremlin described it as a special case that was...