Evacuated Residents Arrive in Belarus From Russian-Occupied Oleshky

Hundreds of residents have been evacuated from the war-ravaged and Russian-occupied city of Oleshky. The evacuation took place on Friday during a local ceasefire, allowing people to leave the devastated city.

Four planes transporting the evacuees have arrived in Gomel, Belarus. Some reports indicate that the hundreds of people from Oleshky landed in Belarus en route to Ukraine.

Further details regarding the next steps of their journey or their final destination remain part of ongoing reports as the evacuees are processed in Belarus.