# Hundreds of residents evacuated from Russian-occupied city of Oleshky during humanitarian ceasefire brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/hundreds-of-residents-evacuated-from-russian-occupied-city-of-oleshky-during-humanitarian-ceasefire-brokered-by-us-first-lady-melania-trump/
- Published: 2026-10-30T21:29:59+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-31T00:24:10+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16253555/Hundreds-residents-evacuated-Russian-occupied-city-Oleshky-humanitarian-ceasefire-brokered-US-Lady-Melania-Trump.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Americas, Culture, Europe, Travel, World

## Key points

- Hundreds evacuated Oleshky during a humanitarian ceasefire.
- Residents could choose Russia, Ukraine or to remain.
- Ukraine-bound evacuees travelled through Russia and Belarus.

## Summary

Hundreds of people have left Oleshky, a Russian-occupied city in Ukraine’s Kherson region, during a humanitarian ceasefire arranged with the involvement of US First Lady Melania Trump. The evacuation matters because the remaining residents face severe shortages and the truce enabled civilians to leave a frontline city.

The estimated 2,000 people still in Oleshky were offered the choice of staying with replenished supplies or travelling to Russian-held or Ukrainian-held territory. The evacuation convoy could carry more than 750 people; those heading to Ukraine were routed through Anapa in southern Russia and Belarus, while others travelled to resettle in Russia. Officials said the operation was incident-free, though a correspondent reported claims that some Russian soldiers gave residents misleading information about which buses were bound for Ukraine.

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