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Key updates Melania Trump Announces Oleshky Truce as Ukraine and Russia Agree to Civilian Evacuations Russia Pounds Kramatorsk With Aerial Bombs – One Killed, Six Injured, Including Three Children US First Lady Melania Trump announced a localized ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky to enable humanitarian deliveries and civilian evacuations. The initiative builds on her earlier efforts to reunite Ukrainian children separated from their families during Russia’s war. In a rare, surprise announcement Friday, Oct. 23, US First Lady Melania Trump said she had brokered a localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the devastated city of Oleshky, where civilians remain trapped under Moscow’s occupation amid severe shortages of food, medicine and clean water. The temporary ceasefire, scheduled to begin Oct. 29 according to an official White House statement, is intended to allow humanitarian aid deliveries and evacuations through a designated safe corridor. A Russian airstrike on a residential neighborhood in Kramatorsk killed one civilian and wounded six others, including three children. Three FAB-250 aerial bombs damaged at least 27 residential buildings. Russian forces dropped three powerful aerial bombs on a residential neighborhood in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, on Friday, Oct. 23, killing one civilian and injuring six others, including three young children, Ukrainian prosecutors reported. According to the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office, Russian aircraft struck the city, using three FAB-250 aerial bombs equipped with universal glide and correction modules (UMPK).