Evacuation of Oleshky residents to Kyiv-controlled territory via Russia and Belarus

Residents of occupied Oleshky in Ukraine's Kherson region who choose to evacuate to Kyiv-controlled territory will be transported via Russia and Belarus, according to documents published by Fox News. The evacuation plan involves flying civilians on a Russian military aircraft to Anapa, Russia, followed by a flight to Gomel, Belarus, on October 31. A Ukrainian delegation led by Dmytro Lubinets will accompany the evacuees, with the operation enabled by a local ceasefire that began October 27. The humanitarian operation was negotiated over several weeks with mediation by U.S. First Lady Melania Trump, with Ukrainian and Russian representatives signing agreements in Belarus on October 23. The published documents do not specify how evacuees will travel from Belarus into Ukrainian territory.