Key Facts

• The ceasefire began four days before the operation and was scheduled to continue through Sunday evening.
• A convoy of 25 buses, ambulances and aid supplies was assembled to deliver food and medicine and evacuate residents.
• Authorities and volunteers estimated that about 2,000 people remained in Oleshky.
• Ukraine’s ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said evacuations would continue until 2 p.m. local time, with aid distribution to begin 30 minutes later.
• A volunteer said about 1,000 residents had told her they wanted to leave and reported pressure on some residents to evacuate to Russia.
• Officials said crews completed demining designated routes into the city on Thursday; two people were killed during the work.
• The White House said first lady Melania Trump brokered the mission, and Pope Leo XIV had urged both countries to help.
• Russia and Ukraine reported continued drone and missile attacks elsewhere.