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An elderly woman walks beneath anti-drone nets stretched over a street during a local ceasefire related to evacuation efforts in Oleshky, in Kherson, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026.
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Officials say that a six-day ceasefire in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky in southern Ukraine has held for its first day and night. The truce began Tuesday and aims to provide food, medicine, and evacuation for about 2,000 residents. If successful, it will be the first significant truce since Russia's invasion over four years ago. U.S. First Lady Melania Trump brokered the humanitarian mission, and Pope Leo XIV urged for aid and safe evacuations. Meanwhile, the war continues elsewhere, with Russian drone strikes in Kharkiv and Ukrainian drones downed in Russia.