People evacuated from Oleshky have left for Russia with the Ukrainian delegation. They will then fly to Belarus and complete the journey home by bus.
Source: Davyd Arakhamiia , Head of Servant of the People parliamentary faction
Quote: "The Ukrainian delegation and residents evacuated from Oleshky have set off for Anapa.
From there, they will fly by plane to Belarus and then reach home by bus."
Previously: Under an agreement reached by the Russian and Ukrainian sides, the evacuation route for residents of Oleshky will pass through Russia and Belarus before reaching Ukraine .
The office of Ukraine's Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets explained why the evacuation is taking place via this specific route .
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Background: Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi announced that 527 residents of Oleshky in Kherson Oblast will be returning to Ukraine. He later apologised and clarified that the numbers are still changing and that official information will be available only once the evacuation is over. Lubinets announced the start of the ceasefire in the Oleshky area from 03: 00 Kyiv time on 27 October. Russia's Defence Ministry confirmed that the ceasefire has been introduced. On 23 October, the White House announced that Melania Trump had secured a ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine in the temporarily occupied city of Oleshky, where a humanitarian disaster is currently unfolding. The ceasefire is scheduled to remain in effect until 22: 59 on 1 November.
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