Melania Trump's truce holds for a third day as aid is set to enter the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky
Melania Trump, as residents of Oleshky reportedly surviving on weeds await the aid deliveries that demining of the planned evacuation route is now making possible.
Both Russia and Ukraine publicly praised Melania Trump on Thursday as demining teams cleared routes into Oleshky ahead of the first aid convoy expected to roll in on Friday, with an estimated 2,000 people inside the city surviving on scarce food and water. Putin himself acknowledged the First Lady's role at a Moscow summit, saying relief supplies would arrive "with the support, incidentally, of the First Lady of the United States." The six-day ceasefire has brought an eerie quiet to nearby Kherson, where residents ventured outside for the first time in months.
A Russian drone strike killed at least 13 people on a commuter train at Dnipro station — the deadliest single attack of the day beyond the ceasefire zone.
Russia's human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova led Newsmax journalists into the besieged city, while her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Lubinets made his own way to Oleshky.
Russia's air defences reported shooting down 1,214 Ukrainian drones overnight — one of Kyiv's largest ever drone salvoes, with around half targeting Moscow.
