WorldBBCMelania Trump brokers truce for Ukraine city 'on brink of disaster', White House says
The White House says Melania Trump brokered a localised ceasefire in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky, set to begin on 29 October, though neither Ukraine nor Russia has confirmed it.
Ukraine and Russia have not confirmed the truce in Russian-occupied Oleshky, where residents have had to eat garden weeds to survive.
The White House announced Melania Trump secured a localised ceasefire in Oleshky, a Russian-occupied Ukrainian city described as on the brink of disaster.
The truce is set to begin on 29 October and aims to allow humanitarian aid in and evacuations out, but neither Ukraine nor Russia has publicly confirmed the agreement.
Residents in Oleshky have been surviving without reliable food, water or electricity, with only one partially operational hospital performing critical amputations a few days a week.
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