Second day of Russia-Ukraine Oleshki ceasefire... 0 violation cases

(Istanbul = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Dong-ho = AFP reported on the 28th (local time) that the ceasefire that took effect in Oleshiki, southern Ukraine, a Russian-occupied area, has continued for the second day without any significant violations.

“Not a single incident occurred during the 30-hour ceasefire in Oleshki,” said Dmytro Rubinetz, the parliamentary human rights watchdog and head of the Ukrainian negotiations.

Yana Lantratova, the Russian Federation's human rights commissioner, also confirmed that the ceasefire was being observed in a similar statement.

The residents of Oleshki in the Kherson region of Ukraine have suffered from shortages of food, water, and medicine due to being isolated as fighting between the two countries' armies has intensified over the past several months.

Former residents reported that some of the approximately 2,000 residents still remaining here survive by catching and eating pigeons.

Both sides plan to prepare an evacuation route after necessary supplies are delivered to residents, but it is still unclear how many people will decide to move and what route will be used.

AFP reported that Russian officials indicated that it would be virtually impossible to cross the front line bordering the Dnipro River, so they would have to go through the Russian-controlled Crimea Peninsula.

The White House initially announced that the ceasefire was scheduled to begin on the 29th, but in reality, it went into effect at 4 a.m. the day before, Russian time (3 a.m. in Ukraine), and is expected to remain in place until 11:59 p.m. (10:59 p.m. in Ukraine) on the 1st of next month.

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However, fierce battles continued in other theaters other than Oleski.

Ukrainian authorities announced that a total of five people, including a 4-year-old child, were injured in the Russian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV/drone) airstrike in the Kharkiv region. Russia said Ukraine's attack had damaged Novomoskovsk's industrial infrastructure.