MOSCOW, Oct 30 - Residents of the Russian-held town of Oleshky in southern Ukraine began evacuating on Friday as part of a joint relief operation by the two sides, the first of its kind in four years and eight months of war. Read more at straitstimes.com.

This is seen as the first significant localized truce observed by both Ukraine and Russia since the beginning of Russia`s full-scale invasion in 2022.

Russian and Ukrainian officials have entered the devastated city of Oleshky following a rare ceasefire.