A ceasefire brokered by U.S. first lady Melania Trump took effect Tuesday in Russian-occupied Oleshky, Ukraine.
The truce runs through November 1 to allow aid deliveries, mine clearing and a civilian evacuation planned for Friday.
Kyiv estimates up to 6,000 people remain trapped in and around the town, many surviving on scraps of grain and wild plants.
Russia’s Defense Ministry accuses Ukraine of shelling and mining roads into town, while residents fear Russian reprisals.
Russia hit Kyiv and 10 other regions with missiles and drones overnight as U.S.-backed peace talks near in Abu Dhabi.
On a strip of land where survival has meant cooking garden weeds and navigating minefields for a handful of rice, a fragile ceasefire took hold at 3 a.m. Tuesday, opening a narrow window for food, medicine and evacuation in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky.
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