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Russia and Ukraine have initiated a localised ceasefire to facilitate a humanitarian operation in Oleshky, a town occupied by Russian forces since February 2022. The ceasefire began at 4 a.m. Moscow time (0100 GMT) on October 27, as announced by Russia's defense ministry and confirmed by Ukraine’s human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets. This arrangement aims to allow for aid deliveries and evacuations in the town facing shortages of food and medicine.

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As of November 1, 2026, the longest truce in the Ukrainian war since Russia's full-scale invasion ended without extension. The limited ceasefire, brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump and confined to Oleshky in southern Ukraine, expired after six days as neither Russia nor Ukraine officially extended it beyond October 29. This temporary break in fighting had begun following weeks of negotiations led by Melania Trump, who claimed she had secured a ceasefire agreement between the warring nations for the city of Oleshky, which has been under Russian occupation since February 2022.

On November 1, Ukraine's military evacuated 167 civilians from threatened areas in southern Kherson region as fighting resumed. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported high-intensity strikes by Russian forces and power outages affecting hundreds of thousands of families.

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Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a localised ceasefire around the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky in southern Ukraine, an arrangement that will enable aid deliveries and allow evacuations from a frontline town suffering acute shortages of food and medicine.

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Russia, Ukraine begin localised ceasefire to allow for humanitarian operation in Oleshky · assertive framing

Russia, Ukraine begin localised ceasefire to allow for humanitarian operation in Oleshky asserted

Russia → begin → Oleshky

Russia and Ukraine have started a localised ceasefire to allow for a humanitarian operation to begin in the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky, both sides said on Tuesday. asserted

sides → start → Tuesday

Russia's defence ministry said on Telegram it stopped shelling in the direction of the Ukrainian city of Kherson from 4 a.m. Moscow time (0100 GMT) to prepare for the humanitarian operation in Oleshky, just across the Dnipro River from Kherson. asserted

it → say → Kherson

Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine's parliament commissioner for human rights, confirmed in a Facebook post the ceasefire has started at the same time. asserted

ceasefire → confirm → time

"As head of the Ukrainian negotiating team, I confirm that the Ukrainian side is honoring its commitments," he wrote. asserted

he → confirm → commitments

that → agree → food

Oleshky lies on the eastern bank of the Dnipro in Ukraine's southern region of Kherson, opposite the city of Kherson, which is held by Ukrainian forces. asserted

which → lie → forces

Russian troops seized Oleshky during the first days of their February 2022 invasion and have controlled it ever since. asserted

troops → seize → it

The White House said last week that US first lady Melania Trump helped to secure the Oleshky ceasefire. asserted

Trump → say → ceasefire

Elsewhere in Ukraine, a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Monday killed at least one person and injured 10, including students at a dormitory, with the attacks also killing and injuring people in the cities of Kharkiv and Pavlohrad. asserted

attacks → kill → Kharkiv

New explosions were heard on Tuesday morning in Kyiv, a Reuters witness said. asserted

witness → hear → Kyiv

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