Ukraine: aid vehicles hit as short Oleshky ceasefire nears its end, UN says

A short ceasefire around the town of Oleshky, on the Russian-controlled left bank of the Dnipro river near Kherson, has let hundreds of people leave, but attacks on civilian and aid vehicles continued elsewhere in Ukraine, the United Nations said on 30 October.

The Oleshky ceasefire was brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump and announced by the White House on 23 October, UN News reported. It is due to end on the evening of 1 November.

UN emergency relief coordinator Tom Fletcher said: "Let this pave the way for vital aid to get in, and more humanitarian access on both sides of the frontline." UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said the UN had no role in the evacuation but is helping evacuees on the Ukrainian side.

Attacks on civilians

According to the UN's humanitarian office (OCHA):

• In the Zaporizhzhia region, a clearly marked civilian bus was struck by a drone on 29 October, killing a woman and injuring passengers and the driver.
• In Sloviansk, Donetsk region, an armoured evacuation vehicle was hit, injuring two evacuees.
• A Russian drone attack on Dnipro's railway station killed at least 13 civilians and injured 10, the UN said earlier; media reports now put the toll at 15.
• Strikes in the Chernihiv region killed two children and injured 37 people over one day; three people were killed and 28 injured in Kremenchuk.
• In the Dnipro region, 190,000 consumers were still without electricity after attacks on energy infrastructure.

"Attacks targeting humanitarians are unacceptable and must stop," Dujarric said.