Ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky: hundreds evacuated to safety

Hundreds of residents of the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky were evacuated and driven to safety on Friday, following a humanitarian ceasefire brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing BBC News.

Residents had a four-hour window to leave the city. Some people are understood to have stayed despite the lack of power and water in the area.

The BBC Ukraine correspondent Dan Johnson explains how the ceasefire is going and what could happen next.

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