Evacuation route for Oleshky residents runs through Anapa and Belarus

Residents of Oleshky in the Kherson region wishing to evacuate to Ukraine will be transported via a Russian military plane through Anapa and Belarus, according to documents published by Fox News. The evacuation will be accompanied by a Ukrainian delegation led by ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets. The plane will first take residents to Anapa, from where they will fly to Gomel, Belarus, on October 31. The documents do not specify how residents will be transported from Gomel to Ukraine, but mention further repatriation measures from Kherson region cities at least once a month with coordination from US First Lady Melania Trump. Oleshky, under Russian control, has faced a near-humanitarian catastrophe with constant shelling and mined roads preventing departure. A local ceasefire brokered with Melania Trump's mediation began October 27 and is expected to last until November 1.