President Volodymyr Zelensky said on 31 October 2026 that a humanitarian operation took place in Oleshky, Kherson region. He said calm was established in the Kherson direction, roads to Oleshky were demined and humanitarian cargo was delivered. He said Ukrainian citizens from Oleshky had by then crossed the Ukrainian border in the Chernihiv region. Russia’s Defence Ministry said residents of a settlement it calls “Aleshki” flew from Anapa to Gomel on 31 October. It said they had expressed a wish to leave for Ukraine during an evacuation as part of a humanitarian mission.
Sources: Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine – post on his official Telegram channel “Zelenskiy / Official” – 31 October 2026; Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation – post on the Telegram channel “MoD Russia”, operated by the ministry – 31 October 2026
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