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October 30, 2026 / 4:16 PM EDT / CBS News

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Kyiv - Ukrainian and Russian humanitarian delegations began evacuating residents from Russian-occupied Oleshky on Friday, with plans to move the evacuees through Russia and Belarus before arriving back in Ukraine on Saturday.

Oleshky, a city in Ukraine's southeastern Kherson region occupied by Russia since the first days of the Ukraine-Russia war , has seen one of the most dire humanitarian crises of the conflict. Russian strikes on the surrounding area have prevented food, water, and medicine from reaching the city for months. Last week, first lady Melania Trump brokered a temporary ceasefire in Oleshky from Oct. 28 to Nov. 1 to allow humanitarian aid to enter, and for some residents to evacuate the area.…