Ukrainian families reunited after three-year ordeal in occupied Oleshky | 7NEWS

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Ukrainian residents of Oleshky have been evacuated from the Russian-occupied town after three years of surviving with little food, running water or electricity. A rare ceasefire, negotiated by US First Lady Melania Trump following a call by the Pope, allowed approximately 6000 people, including 200 children and evacuees ranging from one to 94 years old, to flee the frontline region. The evacuees had endured subsistence conditions, surrounded by minefields and bombed infrastructure, scavenging for food and water while families were separated for years.

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