Ukraine · Nov. 2 · Video 0:28

Hundreds of Oleshky residents reach their families during a local ceasefire

Several hundred Oleshky residents, cut off for more than four years, traveled through Gomel in Belarus and met their families at the Ukrainian border during a local ceasefire. The town had 24,000 people before the war and about 2,000 before the evacuation, by Ukrainian estimates. The ceasefire ran until 11 p.m. on Nov. 1.

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Footage and photos: YouTube: Kanal13 (AP video, reposted), FRANCE 24 English (archive), euronews, CBC News, Russian Defense Ministry (via The Independent), photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi / The Kyiv Independent
Music: "Inspired" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) / Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0