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A multi-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the Russian-controlled Ukrainian city of Oleshky ended late Sunday, with neither side reporting violations, Anadolu Agency reported.
The truce, announced by US first lady Melania Trump to facilitate humanitarian aid deliveries and civilian evacuations, took effect on Tuesday. It was extended beyond Oleshky, in the Kherson region, to allow humanitarian convoys to pass safely.
Trump said the ceasefire had given residents freedom of movement and access to food, clean water and medicine, as well as “a renewed sense of dignity without the constant threat of attack.”
“Let Oleshky become the starting point for lasting peace,” she wrote on the social media platform “X”.
The humanitarian mission in Oleshky ended on Friday. Russian Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova said both sides had observed the localized ceasefire.
Lantratova proposed making humanitarian missions coordinated by the first lady a regular initiative. She said the Oleshky operation and cooperation with her Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Lubinets, had shown that such arrangements could help civilians “even under difficult conditions.”
On Saturday, Lubinets, Ukraine’s parliamentary commissioner for human rights, called it “the longest ceasefire observed by both sides since 2022.”
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha separately said the humanitarian mission could serve as a confidence-building measure and pave the way for further steps in the peace process. He said Kyiv had “acted in good faith and kept its word.”
“If hostilities can be stopped in one place, they can be stopped everywhere, and permanently. Ukraine is ready. We expect the same from Russia,” Sybiha said.
