WASHINGTON, October 29. /TASS/. US First Lady Melania Trump hopes the humanitarian operation in the town of Alyoshki, in the Kherson Region, will help resolve the Ukraine conflict.
"Humanitarian leaders en route to Alyoshki. Let’s remain united in support and wish them safety as they approach Alyoshki. May this humanitarian mission end the suffering and begin a new chapter of durable peace between Russia and Ukraine," she wrote on X.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that, as of 4:00 a.m. Moscow time (1:00 a.m. GMT) on October 27, the Russian Armed Forces had ceased fire on the Kherson front and established a "regime of silence" in preparation for a humanitarian operation near Alyoshki.
Earlier, Russia and Ukraine, with the assistance of US First Lady Melania Trump, agreed to a ceasefire in Alyoshki to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid and prepare for the evacuation of civilians through a designated safe corridor.
Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the humanitarian situation in Alyoshki critical on September 21. Shelling and drone attacks by Kiev have rendered the delivery of food and medicine to the town impossible. Just over 1,000 of Alyoshki’s former 20,000 residents remain in the town.
