Ceasefire extended across Ukraine’s Kherson region, officials say
A ceasefire intended to allow food and medicine into Russian-occupied Oleshky has been extended across Ukraine’s wider Kherson region, officials say. The truce is meant to create safe passage for aid convoys and residents hoping to leave, offering relief to people trapped by dangerous routes and severe shortages.
An estimated 1,700 to 2,000 people remain in Oleshky, with several thousand more in nearby areas; residents have lacked electricity, gas and water since the Kakhovka Dam was destroyed in 2023. Aid deliveries may begin on Thursday, followed by planned evacuations on Friday, while the ceasefire is expected to continue until 22:59 on Sunday 1 November. Both sides say it is being observed, and Ukraine’s Andrii Sybiha said successful implementation could support further steps in the peace process.
In short
- Ceasefire extended across Kherson to enable humanitarian convoys.
- Aid deliveries to Oleshky may start on Thursday.
- Evacuations are planned for Friday.
Explained simply
Kherson is a region in southern Ukraine, partly occupied by Russian forces since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in 2022. Oleshky is a town on the Russian-occupied side of the Dnipro River, close to areas controlled by Ukraine.
The Kakhovka Dam, which held back a large reservoir, was destroyed in 2023, causing major flooding and disrupting water and power supplies. Since then, people in Oleshky and nearby communities have faced shortages and limited ways to travel safely.
Ukraine and Russia are the main parties to the war, and local residents depend on arrangements between them to let aid and people move through dangerous areas. Ceasefires can make those journeys possible, though they do not by themselves resolve the wider conflict.
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