Kherson region to receive monthly humanitarian aid under ceasefire deal

A ceasefire agreement for occupied Oleshky includes provisions for monthly humanitarian aid deliveries to other settlements in the Kherson region. The deal was brokered with the mediation of US First Lady Melania Trump. Following the truce, Russia and Ukraine will establish systematic deliveries of food, medicine, and conduct repatriation efforts in Kherson region settlements at least once a month. The agreement was signed on October 23 by Ukrainian ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets and Russian ombudswoman Yana Lantratova. The humanitarian mission, starting October 31, involves evacuations from Anapa to Gomel and will last about a week. Melania Trump received official mandates as exclusive mediator from both Kyiv and Moscow, with presidents Zelensky and Putin participating in negotiations.