The Ukrainian government is “optimistic” that U.S. first lady Melania Trump may be able to broker additional localized ceasefires to provide humanitarian aid to the most desperate communities suffering from the war.
The short ceasefire allowed the evacuation of hundreds of Ukrainian civilians who had lived under Russian occupation for more than four years in southeastern Ukraine. The civilians who remained in Oleshky prior to the evacuations last week were forced to live under constant threat from the front lines on top of a hunger crisis.
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