Oleshky ceasefire takes effect as Russian missiles hit a Kyiv university and bridge
A local truce began early Tuesday to let aid reach up to 2,000 people trapped in occupied Oleshky, but Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv, killing at least one person and injuring 15, including students.
A localized ceasefire around the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky in Ukraine’s Kherson region took effect early on Tuesday, both sides confirmed, ahead of a humanitarian mission brokered with the involvement of US first lady Melania Trump.
The truce
Russia’s defence ministry said it stopped shelling towards Kherson from 4 a.m. Moscow time. Ukraine’s human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets, who heads the Ukrainian negotiating team, said Kyiv is honouring its commitments. According to the UN, up to 2,000 people remain in Oleshky with dwindling food and medicine, unable to leave because of mines and drones. Doctors, medicine, food and water are to be delivered before evacuation corridors open; AP reports the pause is due to last through Saturday or longer.
Strikes elsewhere
Russia kept up attacks on other cities. Ballistic missiles hit a university campus in Kyiv late on Monday and, after 3 a.m., the Southern Bridge and metro infrastructure, halting traffic. At least one person was killed and 15 injured, five of them students or university staff, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and emergency services. Zelenskyy said delays in deliveries of Patriot and NASAMS interceptors were leaving Ukraine exposed. Attacks also killed people in Kharkiv and Pavlohrad.
Russia’s defence ministry said it had hit transport infrastructure in Kyiv. Both sides deny targeting civilians. A drone attack killed one man in Russia’s Bryansk, local officials said. Technical-level talks between Ukraine, Russia and the US are planned in Abu Dhabi in the first half of November.
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