Evacuated residents of Russian-held Oleshky arrive in Belarus

Four planes carrying residents evacuated from the Russian-controlled Ukrainian town of Oleshky landed in Belarus on Saturday, marking the end of a US-backed local ceasefire that allowed hundreds of starving residents to leave. The evacuees traveled by bus via Crimea to Russia's Anapa before flying to Belarus, where they will continue to Ukraine via a border crossing. The ceasefire, holding since Tuesday without violations, enabled de-mining and delivery of food and medicine to the town. Supply routes to Oleshky were disrupted by fighting, with food deliveries stopped in May, causing starvation among residents. Around 1,700 people remained from a pre-war population of 24,000, many elderly or ill.