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Demining underway in Russian-occupied Oleshky as US-brokered local truce holds

Maria Kamińska

28.10.2026, 21:30

Russian shelling in southern Kherson has reportedly halted amid a local truce to evacuate civilians from nearby Oleshky. Photo: van Antypenko/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC — Russian shelling in the southern city of Kherson has reportedly halted amid a local truce to evacuate civilians from nearby Oleshky. Photo: van Antypenko/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC "UA:PBC"/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

The ceasefire aims to allow civilians to be evacuated from the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town