{
  "id": 16927821,
  "title": "Russian military plane to transport evacuees from occupied Ukrainian town through Russia and Belarus, documents show",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/russian-military-plane-to-transport-evacuees-from-occupied-ukrainian",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T15:55:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/28/russian-military-plane-to-transport-evacuees-from-occupied-ukrainian-town-through-russia-and-belarus-documents-show"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Russian Defense Ministry aircraft will transport Ukrainian evacuees from Oleshky, a town in Kherson region, to Belarus, according to documents showing via photographs published by Fox News. The flight will take place on October 31, with Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine's ombudsman, accompanying the residents. The residents are expected to fly from Oleshky to Anapa before continuing their journey to Gomel, Belarus. The document does not clarify the mode of transportation from Gomel to Ukraine. Further repatriation operations from other Kherson region cities are planned at least once a month, with U.S. first lady Melania Trump's assistance and coordination. Oleshky, under continuous shelling, has faced a humanitarian disaster due to mined roads hindering evacuation. A localized ceasefire mediated by Melania Trump, effective from October 27, is set to last until November 1. Despite the option to flee to Ukraine, evacuees will reportedly be taken to Russia first. The town is described as afflicted with the stench of death, due to the lack of food, electricity, and medicine, trapping hundreds of civilians in dire conditions.",
  "summary": "Residents of Oleshky in Ukraine’s Kherson region who want to evacuate to Ukraine will be flown to Belarus aboard a Russian Defense Ministry aircraft, according to documents shown in photographs published by Fox News.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}