UKRAINE CEASEFIRE: Besieged City Gets Temporary Truce for Aid, Civilian Evacuations...

Oleshky, a southern Ukrainian city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, has endured months of Russian bombardment since the 2022 invasion, with its population reduced from tens of thousands to a few thousand remaining residents. A temporary ceasefire agreement beginning Tuesday aims to address a humanitarian crisis: those still sheltering in the city face severe food shortages and ongoing artillery strikes that make supply deliveries nearly impossible. Such local truces, negotiated through international mediators, typically last days to weeks and serve to evacuate civilians and deliver aid before fighting resumes—a pattern repeated across Ukraine's most damaged cities.