Reports of elderly people and young children in urgent need of medical attention, medicine, food and clean water prompted First Lady Melania Trump to broker a ceasefire in the Ukrainian town of Oleshky where fighting in the Russia-led war against Ukraine has been concentrated, her office announced on Friday.
The ceasefire, expected to start on October 29, was agreed to by both nations and will temporarily stop all military action in Oleshky, a town that was captured by Russia in the initial outset of the war, to allow for humanitarian aid to enter and to prepare a civilian evacuation through a designated safe passageway, according to the White House.
“The situation in Oleshky is dire. Oleshky is a front-line war city on the brink of disaster. Oleshky’s remaining population is comprised primarily of elderly residents who urgently need medica…