Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 02:56pm on 31 Oct 2026,Saturday International
Residents of the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky have reached Ukrainian-controlled territory after a temporary ceasefire allowed them to escape. They had faced severe shortages of food, water and electricity. Some residents reportedly ate garden weeds to survive. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed their arrival in the Chernihiv region on Saturday. Around 25 buses carried evacuees through Russia and Belarus before they reached Ukraine. Zelensky thanked US First Lady Melania Trump for helping arrange the ceasefire. Hundreds of residents have chosen to remain in the devastated city despite the difficult living conditions.
