Stranded locals use rare truce to leave Moscow-occupied town in Ukraine

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 01:55 Issued on: 30/10/2026 - 17:44Modified: 30/10/2026 - 17:44 Some residents of Oleshky, a Russian-occupied town in southern Ukraine ravaged by food and medicine shortages, left on Friday during a rare ceasefire brokered by the United States – due to end on Sunday evening. Ukrainian and Russian officials visited the town together on Friday, delivering aid and marshalling those who wanted to leave. Video content Video France Video content Video Europe Video content Video Europe Video content Video Economy Video content Video Europe Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Europe