Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
18%
3 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Politics
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Residents of Russian-controlled Ukrainian town arrive in Belarus
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Residents → control → Belarus
- Four planes carrying residents evacuated from the Russian-controlled Ukrainian town of Oleshky landed in Belarus on Saturday, the Belarusian Belta state news agency and a senior Ukrainian official said.
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agency → carry → Saturday
Hundreds of starving and exhausted residents left the town of Oleshky on Friday during a US-backed local ceasefire, the first of its kind and the longest humanitarian pause in the war, which is nearing its fifth year.
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which → starve → year
"The last, fourth plane landed in Gomel," said David Arakhamia, a top Ukrainian peace negotiator and close ally of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
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Arakhamia → land → Zelenskiy
"In a few hours, all Ukrainian citizens evacuated from Oleshky together with a Ukrainian delegation will be on Ukrainian territory.
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citizens → evacuate → territory
Belta later reported that a convoy of buses carrying the residents had departed from the airport in Gomel, in southeastern Belarus near the border with Ukraine.
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convoy → report → Ukraine
The evacuees leaving for Ukraine had to take a complicated route to leave Oleshky as the frontline runs just a few kilometres away.
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frontline → leave → Oleshky
They first travelled by bus via Crimea to the Russian town of Anapa before flying to Belarus from where they will continue to Ukraine via a border crossing, Belta said.
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Belta → travel → crossing
The local ceasefire in Oleshky was reached thanks to mediation efforts by US first lady Melania Trump and with the pope's involvement.
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ceasefire → reach → involvement
The ceasefire has been holding since Tuesday without violations, according to both Ukrainian and Russian officials.
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ceasefire → hold → officials
It has allowed them to de-mine the roads and bring food, medicines and other supplies into the town.
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them → allow → town
Supply routes to Oleshky were disrupted by fighting and drones.
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routes → disrupt → fighting
According to some residents, food deliveries were stopped in May, pushing hundreds of people into starvation.
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deliveries → accord → starvation
It was not immediately clear how many people decided to leave Oleshky and how many opted to stay in the town.
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many → decide → town
Oleshky residents had options to travel to Russia or to return to Ukraine.
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residents → have → Ukraine
Ukrainian officials have said around 1,700 people remained in Oleshky from a pre-war population of about 24,000.
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people → say → 24,000
According to several residents interviewed by Reuters, many of those were elderly or ill.
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many → accord → those
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