Evacuated Ukrainians from Russian-occupied Oleshky arrive in Belarus | BBC News

Residents evacuated from the devastated Russian-occupied city of Oleshky have arrived in Belarus and are expected back in Ukraine later on Saturday, authorities have said.

They were taken out on Friday during a local ceasefire brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump.

Planes carrying Oleshky residents landed in the city of Gomel on Saturday morning, according to Belarusian state media and a senior Ukrainian official.

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