France 24 Programme Features Testimonies on Evacuation of Residents From Russian-Occupied Oleshky
International news channel France 24 has published a video segment on residents evacuated from Oleshky, a Russian-occupied town in Ukraine. American filmmaker Zarina Zabrisky, based in Kherson, discusses the past 24 hours.
France 24, the French international news channel, has published an 18-minute-39-second video segment in its "Spotlight" programme about residents of Oleshky who were evacuated from their Russian-occupied hometown in Ukraine. The material was issued on 1 November 2026.
Conversation with an eyewitness
American filmmaker Zarina Zabrisky speaks to France 24's Gavin Lee about the events of the past 24 hours. She has lived and reported from Kherson, a Ukrainian-controlled city across the Dnipro River from Oleshky, for the past three years. The programme's web page does not describe what exactly happened during those 24 hours, so the details are available only in the video itself.
Arrival of the evacuees
A photograph accompanying the segment, taken by Efrem Lukatsky for the US news agency Associated Press, shows Oleshky residents crossing the Belarus-Ukraine border in Ukraine's Chernihiv region on Saturday, 31 October 2026, after being evacuated from the occupied town.
The source text does not state how many people were evacuated, who organised the evacuation or under what conditions it took place. Zabrisky's assessments are likewise available only in the video, and their content is not summarised here.
