Hundreds evacuated from Russian-occupied Oleshky during rare Ukraine ceasefire
Hundreds of people are also understood to have stayed in the front-line town, despite the dangers.
Hundreds of residents of the devastated Russian-occupied city of Oleshky have been evacuated, Russian and Ukrainian authorities have said, following a humanitarian ceasefire brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump.
"Everything unfolded without any incidents, and both sides noted the high level of organisation," Russia's human rights ombudsman Yana Lantratova said.
Ukrainian authorities confirmed the evacuees were on their way to southern Russia, from where they will travel on to Ukraine through Belarus.
But some in Ukraine have recoiled at the sight of him standing beside a representative of the Russian occupying power which has killed so many of the city's residents and made life unbearable for the rest.