Vladimir Putin proposes a humanitarian mission. "We had a good experience"

Reuters notes that the humanitarian mission proposed by Vladimir Putin on Thursday would be modeled on a similar operation in Russian-occupied Oleski in the Kherson Oblast.

The Russian president, in a conversation with American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, suggested this time to evacuate residents from Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region.

According to the Russian leader, there are still 400-500 civilians in Konstantynówka, a town on the front line, and Russian forces would need five days to clear the area around the city of mines.

We had good experience in humanitarian cooperation in Ołeszki. Let's continue this joint work, Putin said during a meeting with Witkoff and Kushner, quoted by Russian media.

Let us recall that the previously mentioned Ołeszki are located approximately 4 km from Kherson on the left bank of the Dnieper, occupied by Russia. The authorities in Kiev informed about the dramatic situation of the inhabitants of this town, therefore, at the end of October, the Russian and Ukrainian sides agreed on a several-day ceasefire in this area, and Melania Trump, wife of US President Donald Trump, joined the negotiations.

Ultimately, some of the inhabitants of Oleski were moved to areas controlled by Kiev, and those who decided to stay in the city received humanitarian aid.