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A temporary ceasefire around Russian-occupied Oleshky in southern Ukraine ended Sunday, Ukraine’s human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets said. The pause had allowed aid into the city and helped civilians leave. Lubinets said both sides had kept their promises during the operation and were discussing more humanitarian steps.
The agreement was local, not a ceasefire across Ukraine. It covered a designated area in the Kherson region from October 27 through November 1. Its purpose was to make a humanitarian operation possible near the front line.
“The ceasefire, which was in effect from October 27 to November 1, has ended,” Lubinets said in a statement on his official Telegram channel. He described it as an important stage of joint humanitarian work with Russian human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova, coordinated by U.S. first lady Melania Trump.
Lubinets said the pause had allowed humanitarian aid to reach Oleshky and helped residents who wanted to leave the city do so safely. His statement did not say that shelling had resumed.
A pause to get people out
Oleshky is in the Russian-held part of Ukraine’s Kherson region. Moving civilians from there to Ukrainian-controlled territory required a longer route through Russia and Belarus rather than a direct trip across the front line.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that evacuees had crossed into Ukraine’s Chernihiv region, as JBizNews reported. That followed their arrival in Belarus on aircraft before the onward journey into Ukraine.
In his Saturday statement, Zelensky said the pause had allowed roads into Oleshky to be cleared of mines and supplies delivered. He thanked the American side, Melania Trump and the officials who helped arrange the operation.
The ceasefire’s end and the evacuation’s completion are separate developments. Residents had already reached Ukrainian-controlled territory before Lubinets announced that the agreed pause was over.
Talks on further help
Lubinets said he and Lantratova were now looking at ways to continue similar humanitarian work. He said preserving that channel would allow the two sides to keep helping people and saving lives.
That statement described ongoing discussions, not a new ceasefire agreement. It did not announce a replacement pause or give a date for another operation.
JBizNews Desk | New York
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