Evacuees from occupied Oleshky reach Belarus en route to Ukraine

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Oleshky evacuees reach Belarus during rare truce as strikes continue elsewhere

Civilians evacuated from Russian-occupied Oleshky arrived in Belarus on Saturday on their way to Ukraine, under what is described as the most significant truce since the full-scale invasion began. On Friday an aid convoy entered the town and Ukrainian official David Arakhamia said residents had left for Anapa in Russia with a Ukrainian delegation. Fighting continued elsewhere: Russia said it struck energy infrastructure in and around Kyiv, and Russian authorities said they intercepted more than 1,000 Ukrainian drones, with an oil refinery struck.

• Moscow and Kyiv had so far observed the six-day localized truce around Oleshky, according to Friday reports.
• A Russian drone strike on a Dnipro railway station killed at least 13 people on Thursday, and President Zelensky called for a response from Ukraine's allies.
• The US approved the sale of 500 Patriot interceptor missiles to Ukraine on Friday.
• A Greek container ship sank off Bulgaria on October 28 after being hit by three drones, potentially of Russian origin.