On the fourth day of the Russian-Ukrainian ceasefire, evacuations of isolated residents of Oleshiki begin.

(Istanbul = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Dong-ho = Reuters and other agencies reported that on the 30th (local time), four days after the local ceasefire went into effect in Russia-occupied Oleshki in southern Ukraine, the evacuation of some local residents who have been isolated for several months began.

Yana Lantratova, the Russian Federation's human rights commissioner, met with reporters in Armiansk on the Russian-administered Crimea peninsula along with Dmytro Rubinetz, the parliamentary human rights monitor and head of Ukraine's negotiating team, and revealed that residents were boarding 25 evacuation buses.

Special measures were also prepared for those with limited mobility, and 50 medical staff were deployed to the evacuation site. Animal cages have also been prepared for those who wish to travel with their pets.

Some reportedly hoped to head to Russia, others to Ukraine. However, it is unclear how many people there are in detail and whether any residents have chosen to remain in Oleshiki.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky explained in a speech to the National Assembly (Supreme Rada) that day that Oleshki residents heading to Ukraine will pass through Russia and Belarus before entering the Kiev or Chernihiv regions, the capital of Ukraine.

Commissioner Lantratova added that on this day, the importation of humanitarian aid items such as food, sanitary products, medical supplies, and fuel into Oleshiki began.

Mine removal work was carried out before the relief vehicle procession arrived, and a total of two people, including a Russian military engineer, were said to have died in the process.

“We agreed to help people who want to go to Ukraine,” Rubinetz said, adding, “Similarly, support will be provided to those who want to go to Russia.”

In a video posted on social media by human rights inspector Rubinec, residents of Oleshki were captured shedding tears as they welcomed the Ukrainian delegation.

In February 2022, Russia took control of Oleski immediately after a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Oleshiki, located on the Dmytro River opposite Kherson, the capital of Ukraine's Kherson Oblast, was recently isolated as fighting between the two countries' troops intensified.

It is said that residents had to risk their lives along the landmine-laden ‘Road of Death’ to find food and water. It is reported that due to lack of food, they ate wild plants, and some even caught and ate pigeons.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov assessed that a high level of coordination had been achieved between Commissioner Lantratova and Human Rights Commissioner Rubinetz.