What changed in this update
Ukraine and Russia have not confirmed the truce in Russian-occupied Oleshky, where residents have had to eat garden weeds to survive.
Event intelligence
Melania Trump-brokered Oleshky ceasefire
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Current state
Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a localized ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky that the White House credits to First Lady Melania Trump; the truce is scheduled to take effect on 29 October to allow humanitarian aid and civilian evacuations.
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BBC News – World BBC
Melania Trump brokers truce for Ukraine city 'on brink of disaster', White House says
Ukraine and Russia have not confirmed the truce in Russian-occupied Oleshky, where residents have had to eat garden weeds to survive.
PBS
News Wrap: White House says Melania Trump brokered localized ceasefire deal in Oleshky
In our news wrap Friday, the White House says Melania Trump brokered a localized ceasefire deal in the Ukrainian city of Oleshky, Romania's president blamed Russia for a drone strike that sank a cargo ship in the Black Sea and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered the army there to prepare for a full closure of the occupied West Bank.
News24
Melania Trump says she secured a ceasefire in Ukrainian city of Oleshky
US First Lady Melania Trump said in a surprise announcement on Friday that she had secured a localised ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the ravaged city of Oleshky, where citizens are trapped and short of food.
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Guardian
Melania Trump has helped broker ceasefire in Russian-occupied Ukrainian town, says White House – Europe live
Residents in Oleshky have been enduring a worsening humanitarian crisis due to the lack of food, electricity and other resources The French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu has just issued a statement on a shooting in a town west of Paris this morning where one person was killed and four others injured. Police said a gunman had opened fire in Trappes, in the Yvelines, and neighbouring La Verriere. The gunman was lat…
PBS
Melania Trump helps secure a ceasefire deal in Russian-occupied Oleshky, the White House says
First lady Melania Trump has brokered an upcoming ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the war-ravaged city of Oleshky to allow for humanitarian aid and the evacuation of civilians, the White House announced on Friday.
Euronews
Melania Trump secures ceasefire in Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky, White House says
The agreement, due to take effect on 29 October, is intended to allow humanitarian aid and civilian evacuations in a city where residents have endured years of Russian occupation, severe food shortages and dangerous attempts to escape.
Al Jazeera
Melania Trump ‘secured ceasefire’ in Ukrainian city of Oleshky: White House
No confirmation from Russia or Ukraine as White House says 'localised' ceasefire to take effect in Oleshky.
