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A local ceasefire, negotiated with the assistance of the United States, was held on Wednesday for the second consecutive day in southern Ukraine, a rare truce in almost five years of war, declared to allow a humanitarian operation. In Olechky, a Ukrainian city under Russian occupation in the Ukrainian region of Kherson, people have been facing food, water and medicine shortages for months.
A local ceasefire, negotiated with the assistance of the United States, was held on Wednesday for the second consecutive day in southern Ukraine, a rare truce in almost five years of war, declared to allow a humanitarian operation. In Olechky, a Ukrainian city under Russian occupation in the Ukrainian region of Kherson, people have been facing food, water and medicine shortages for months.
