Ołeszka evacuation. The planes landed.

The Belarusian state agency BiełTA reported on the departure of aircraft with residents from Oleski. First, those evacuated traveled by bus to the city of Anapa in the Russian Krasnodar Krai on the Black Sea, where planes were waiting for them. Photos published by the Belarusian agency show, among other things, elderly people walking with canes. There are also dogs and cats that the evacuees brought with them. BielTA reported that Ukrainians are to return from Homel to their country via the Belarus-Ukraine border crossing Nova Huta-Novye Jaryłowytsy. Humanitarian crisis Oleski is located about four kilometers from Kherson on the left bank of the Dnieper, occupied by Russia. According to reports, the roads leading to the city have been mined and Russian drones constantly operated there, making it difficult for residents to leave the area. Authorities in Kyiv reported on the dramatic situation of people in Oleski. The USA stated that about 2,000 people, including 50 children, were there without access to food and drinking water. On October 23, White House announced that Russia and Ukraine agreed to temporarily halt fighting in Oleski to allow humanitarian aid to be delivered and to prepare the evacuation of civilians. The White House added that US First Lady Melania Trump brought this about. Ceasefire The ceasefire in Oleski, which began on the morning of October 27, is set to last until 10:59 PM on November 1st. On Thursday, Russia and Ukraine announced that landmine clearance around Oleski had been completed and a new stage of operations had begun to deliver aid to residents and allow some to leave the city. For this purpose, the Ukrainian Commissioner for Human Rights met with his Russian counterpart Yana Lantratova on Friday. Melania Trump announced on Tuesday that the ceasefire has been extended beyond the town to allow humanitarian convoys to pass through. The newspaper "Financial Times" reported that residents of Oleski who agree to evacuate under the local truce will first be transported to Crimea or Russia before they can return to territories controlled by Ukraine. Fleeing from Oleski Before being evacuated from Oleski, Vitaliy, his wife Iryna, and their 13-year-old son Vlad fled. They say they fled from certain starvation. They were skeptical about the ceasefire. "Regarding the ceasefire, I am very skeptical," said 55-year-old Vitaliy, who declined to give his name for safety reasons. "I have great respect for Melania Trump, but she has no influence over dictator Putin," he told Reuters. Vitaliy recounted that his family survived for many weeks thanks to food rationing. They were given only one cup of rice or buckwheat porridge daily, sometimes supplemented with cucumber or tomato mixed with portulaca, a common wild weed. After counting their meager food supplies, they decided to flee. "You look at the leftovers and realize you have only one option: either flee or starve to death," said Vitaliy. On September 13, the family joined a small group of eight people and set off on foot. They covered over 20 kilometers, reaching the village of Radensk. The road was heavily mined, and drones circled overhead. They took with them only autumn clothes, Vlad's stuffed bear, a cat, and a handful of family photographs.