Melania Trump helps secure Oleshky ceasefire, White House says
Summary
On Friday, October 23, the White House said first lady Melania Trump helped secure a localized, temporary ceasefire in Oleshky, a Russian-occupied city in Ukraine's Kherson region, to allow humanitarian aid into the city and civilian evacuations. PBS NewsHour reports that Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. negotiators reached the deal on Friday. Euronews and CBC report the truce is due to take effect on October 29, while Al Jazeera reports that the White House says it will take effect but Russia and Ukraine say its timing is still being determined. The South China Morning Post reports that Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian ombudsman and his country's chief negotiator, said the local ceasefire would start on Tuesday, two days before the mission begins, and last several days. The BBC reports that Ukraine and Russia confirmed the truce, and that the White House described the city as on the brink of disaster, with residents eating garden weeds to survive. According to The Hindu, the arrangement would let non-military teams from both countries visit residents in their homes and coordinate transport for those who want to evacuate to either Russia or Ukraine. The Straits Times reports that Melania Trump has been trying to get Ukrainian children seized by Russia during the war returned to their families.
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Hindustan Times
Source ↗Reports, citing the White House, that Melania Trump helped secure a ceasefire in Oleshky that will temporarily halt all military action in the city to allow humanitarian aid to enter.
The Straits Times
Source ↗Reports that Russia and Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire in Oleshky brokered by Melania Trump, and that she has been trying to get Ukrainian children seized by Russia during the war returned to their families.
Al Jazeera
Source ↗Reports that the White House says a localised ceasefire will take effect in Oleshky, while Russia and Ukraine say its timing is still being determined.
CBS News
Source ↗Reports that the office of First Lady Melania Trump says she secured a localized temporary ceasefire for the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky.
Euronews
Source ↗Reports that the White House says the Oleshky ceasefire, due to take effect on October 29, is meant to allow humanitarian aid and civilian evacuations in a city where residents have endured years of Russian occupation, severe food shortages and dangerous escape attempts.
PBS NewsHour
Source ↗Reports that Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. negotiators reached a deal on Friday to provide humanitarian assistance in the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky, in the Kherson region.
RTÉ
Source ↗Reports that the White House says Melania Trump has secured a ceasefire in the Russian-controlled city of Oleshky, which will begin next week.
The Hindu
Source ↗Reports, citing the White House, that Russia and Ukraine agreed to the Oleshky ceasefire brokered by Melania Trump, which will let non-military teams from both countries visit residents in their homes and coordinate transport for those wishing to evacuate.
CBC News
Source ↗Reports that Melania Trump has secured a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the Russian-controlled city of Oleshky, which will begin on October 29, the White House said on Friday.
South China Morning Post
Source ↗Reports, citing the White House, that Melania Trump brokered the ceasefire in Oleshky, and that Ukraine's top negotiator, Dmytro Lubinets, said the local ceasefire with Russia will start on Tuesday, two days before the mission begins, and last several days.
BBC
Source ↗Reports that the White House says Melania Trump brokered a truce for Oleshky, which it describes as on the brink of disaster, and that Ukraine and Russia confirm the truce, where residents have had to eat garden weeds to survive.
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