Ukraine's General Staff Warns of Rumours Ahead of Oleshky Ceasefire

Ukraine's General Staff on Monday, 26 October, urged the public not to spread rumours about the routes along which people and humanitarian convoys will move during the planned evacuation from Oleshky, a town in the Russian-occupied part of the Kherson region.

"Do not trust unverified reports and do not spread rumours about the routes, time and place of movement of people and humanitarian convoys," the General Staff said. It added that from 03:00 on 27 October, Kyiv time, Ukraine will introduce a ceasefire in a designated area to carry out a humanitarian operation in the occupied town.

Aid for residents and free movement

According to the General Staff, the pause in fighting is meant to deliver aid to local residents and to prepare for the free movement of civilians out of Oleshky.

What came before

The Ukrainian and Russian general staffs earlier said that the ceasefire in the designated area would begin on the night of 27 October. The White House said First Lady Melania Trump had secured the truce in Oleshky, which is suffering a humanitarian crisis; we covered the first reactions in Melania Trump Hints She Could Visit Ukraine After Oleshky Truce. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Russia had agreed to a ceasefire for the humanitarian mission. Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said the humanitarian operation and the ceasefire would take place on 29 October.

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