Overview
- The ceasefire that began on Tuesday created a multi-day window for residents to leave Olechky and for humanitarian deliveries to reach a town that has faced months of shortages.
- Organizers assigned numbers to evacuees and reporters say Russian forces conducted door-to-door checks asking whether people wanted to go to Russia or to unoccupied Ukraine.
- Distributions of bread and food were reported on site and human-rights representatives from both countries monitored the operation.
- Observers and local sources reported no major violations during the pause while also saying Russian units used the lull to move troops, stock ammunition and fly surveillance drones.
- Residents and Ukrainian forces say they expect heavy fighting to resume after the truce ends and the town remains a frontline area that has seen its population fall from about 24,000 before the war to roughly 2,000.