Russia-occupied Oleshky evacuees arrive in Belarus, Ukraine next

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Amid a days-long ceasefire, around 200 residents are reported to have left for Ukraine. Dozens more have opted to travel to Russian areas

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Three ⁠planes ⁠carrying residents evacuated ⁠from the Russian-controlled frontline Ukrainian city of Oleshky landed at Gomel airport ‌in Belarus, the Belta state news agency reported on Saturday.

The evacuees, wishing to leave for ⁠Ukraine, travelled by bus via the ‌Crimean peninsula to the Russian town of ‌Anapa before flying to Belarus ⁠and ⁠will proceed to Ukraine ‌via a border crossing, Belta said.

Starving and ‌exhausted ‌residents were evacuated ‌as ⁠part of a joint relief ⁠operation by the opposing sides, the first of ‌its kind ‌in four years and eight months of war.

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