The Canada Brief

World · 7 d ago

Oleshky, Kherson region, Ukraine

Dmytro Petishkin · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Ceasefire extended across Ukraine's Kherson region

The truce began to get food and medicine to Russian-occupied Oleshky and now covers the wider region. No breaches have been reported.

People still in Oleshky

1,700-2,000 people

Between 1,700 and 2,000 people remain in Oleshky with no electricity, gas or water, and many are cooking garden weeds to survive.

The plan

  1. Tuesday

    Ceasefire begins and is extended across Kherson

  2. Next

    Humanitarian aid reaches Oleshky

  3. Friday

    Evacuations for those who want to leave

  4. Sun, Nov 1

    Ceasefire set to end at 22:59 Ukrainian time

Aid deliveries come first, then evacuations planned for Friday. The ceasefire runs until Sunday, Nov 1.