Ukrainians evacuated from the devastated Russian-occupied city of Oleshky have finally set foot on home soil after US First Lady Melania Trump brokered a humanitarian ceasefire.
Evacuees wrapped in blue and yellow Ukrainian flags stepped off buses at the Ukrainian-Belarusian border where they were reunited with family members.
Volunteers with hand-drawn welcome signs handed out coffee to the weary travellers, who had travelled by bus and plane through Russia and Belarus to avoid the deadly front line.
Residents of nearby villages lined the highway to greet the convoy waving flags and flashlights.
The evacuation was carried out under the most significant truce since Russia’s full-scale invasion
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