Last plane with Ukrainians evacuated from Oleshky lands in Homel

The fourth and final plane used to evacuate Ukrainian citizens from Russian-occupied Oleshky, in Ukraine's Kherson region, has landed in Homel, Belarus. The news came from Davyd Arakhamia, head of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction in Ukraine. He said the evacuees would reach Ukrainian territory together with the Ukrainian delegation within a few hours. The evacuation is linked to a local truce in Oleshky, a city that, according to the source, is currently suffering a humanitarian catastrophe.

Background

Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian Parliament's Commissioner for Human Rights (ombudsman), announced that a ceasefire in the Oleshky area would begin at 03:00 on 27 October. Russia's Defence Ministry confirmed the introduction of a "quiet regime". Earlier, the White House said that Melania Trump had secured the truce in Oleshky, which is temporarily occupied by Russia.

The ceasefire is set to last until 22:59 on 1 November. On the evening of 30 October, Lubinets reported that the columns of Oleshky residents had split up and were on the road, and that no violations had been recorded during the humanitarian mission.

The source does not give the number of evacuees or details of their route into Ukraine after landing in Homel.