Residents of Russian-controlled Ukrainian town arrive in Belarus
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Hundreds of residents left the town of Oleshky on Friday. The town is located in a region of Ukraine controlled by Russia. These people were described as exhausted and starving. Their departure occurred during a local ceasefire backed by the US. This event marked the first and longest humanitarian pause in a war that is almost five years old.
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.