Localised Russia-Ukraine ceasefire starts in Ukrainian town facing starvation

Russia and Ukraine have begun a regional ceasefire in the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky. Both sides have said this Tuesday the deal is supposed to allow for humanitarian aid to reach civilians trapped in the town, which lies on the eastern bank of the Dnipro, just opposite the Ukrainian-held city of Kherson. Strikes are continuing elsewhere, though, including on the capital Kyiv, where the southern bridge and subway infrastructure were hit this Tuesday. Earlier, I spoke to our correspondent in Ukraine, Emmanuelle Chaz, and asked her whether that ceasefire is holding according to ukrainian authorities it has started at 3 a.m and according to the uh ombudsman of human rights of ukraine Mytro Lubinets there's uh observance of that ceasefire by the ukrainian side for now so uh the the goal of this ceasefire is first to to install in the area enough calm, enough, you know, safety for humanitarian teams to operate in two times. And that is all very hypothetical so far. But first, the goal is to bring into Oleshky humanitarian aid to some 1,700 people, according to the United Nations, who are still trapped in the city. This includes children who are still in that town, which pre-war had a population of 24,000 people. And once humanitarian aid will have reached those people who have been deprived of food, of drinking water, of electricity, of medicine for months now, there should be a stage of evacuations. And as I was mentioning, this is all hypothetical because this will all depend on whether or not this ceasefire will be observed. And of course, there's also a lot of uncertainty as to where exactly people will be evacuated. Will they be evacuated towards Russian occupied territory and then to the Russian territory? Will they be evacuated into Ukrainian territory directly? We don't have those answers now.