The White House said Friday that First Lady Melania Trump brokered a localized ceasefire in Oleshky, a Russian-occupied city in Ukraine's Kherson region, to let aid in and civilians out. The White House says it starts October 29, but Gen. Valery Gerasimov said Russian forces would stop firing October 27.
(Credit: Matt McClain/Getty Images)In its statement, the White House said "both nations agreed to temporarily stop all military action in Oleshky to allow for humanitarian aid to enter and to prepare a civilian evacuation through a designated safe passageway." Melania Trump called Oleshky "a front-line war city on the brink of disaster" and said she anticipates "some will want to go to Russia, and some to Ukraine." Civilian leaders from both countries are to visit residents in their homes, and an "impartial American media organization" will document the work. Reuters reported that Newsmax said its cameras would get "exclusive access to document the effort."
Moscow's account is looser. Gerasimov said fire would cease on the Kherson axis at 4 a.m. Moscow time on Tuesday, and that Russia would first carry out "engineering reconnaissance" and secure a humanitarian convoy's route into the city, READ MORE AT SOURCE »
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