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Firefighters put out a fire in a residential neighbourhood following Russia's air attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026.
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Officials say that a six-day ceasefire in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky in southern Ukraine has held for its first day and night. The truce began Tuesday and aims to provide food, medicine and evacuation for about 2,000 residents. It will be the first significant truce since Russia’s full-scale invasion began nearly five years ago. That's if it's successful. U.S. first lady Melania Trump brokered the humanitarian mission and Pope Leo XIV urged the provision of aid and safe evacuations. The war rages on elsewhere with Russian drone strikes in Kharkiv and Ukrainian drones downed in Russia.
