Local humanitarian ceasefire with Russia will start on October 27, says negotiator
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1 min readFrom 2 outlets- Lankadeepa reports the truce applied only to Oleshky and began on October 29.
- Hiru News reports say Melania Trump secured or brokered the ceasefire.
- Hiru News describes humanitarian aid as the purpose of the arrangement.
Lankadeepa reports that a temporary ceasefire began on October 29 in Oleshky, a Ukrainian city near the Russian-Ukrainian border that it says Russian forces had captured. It says the arrangement applied only to that city.
Hiru News reports that Melania Trump said she had secured a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine for one city to facilitate humanitarian aid. In a separate headline, Hiru News says the White House credited her with brokering a truce for a Ukrainian city facing a humanitarian crisis.
Hiru News (தமிழ்) also reports that the White House announced Melania Trump’s intervention in a temporary ceasefire in Oleshky. The reports provide no further details on the terms, duration, or next steps.
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