Melania Trump tok say she don arrange local ceasefire for Ukraine Oleshky
- Melania Trump tok say local ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine go start for Oleshky on October 29.
- Her office tok say di truce go allow aid enter and about 2,000 residents wey remain fit comot.
- Moscow and Kyiv never confirm di deal; one Ukrainian official and Kremlin give different signals.
US First Lady Melania Trump tok on Friday say she don arrange local ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine for Oleshky, one front-line town for southern Ukraine wey residents dey trapped and food dey scarce.
For one statement from her office, she tok say di truce for di town wey Russia occupy go start on October 29. Di plan na to bring humanitarian aid and evacuate old people.
"Di situation for Oleshky bad well well. Oleshky na front-line war city wey dey on di brink of disaster," she tok, and add say if no be her intervention, to bring aid enter and carry old people comot for go be "impossible".
Moscow or Kyiv never confirm anything immediately. Di accounts differ on how firm di arrangement be. One senior Ukrainian official tell Reuters say di ceasefire go dey in place soon, while one Kremlin spokesman tok say di Russian military dey work to coordinate di timing, according to Daily Post.
Wetin di plan involve
Oleshky dey for di southern bank of Dnipro River for Kherson region, across from Kherson city wey Ukraine dey control. Russian troops seize am for 2022. Di population don fall from about 24,000 before di invasion to roughly 2,000 today, most of dem na old people, and about 50 children also dey wey dem tok say no fit comot.
Melania Trump tok say she work with Russian and Ukrainian leaders on di plan, and say civilian officials from both countries go visit di town to check wetin aid dem need. Residents wey want comot go get transport to anywhere dem choose.
"I dey expect say some go want go Russia, and some go want go Ukraine," she tok.
She tok say teams from both sides go work out technical details, including to clear mines from roads for di area wey get plenty mines, and say "all parties don dey work round di clock since dat moment". One unnamed "impartial American media organisation" go follow di teams on ground, she add.
Di announcement come one year after she reveal say she don open back channel to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Her office tok say she don since arrange di reunification of 34 children wey war separate from dia parents, some of whom e tok say Russia abduct.
E also come as President Donald Trump dey push harder to end di war, and e dey lean towards Putin and away from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Kremlin tok say Putin don discuss Oleshky with Trump and tell am say Russia human rights commissioner dey work on aid. Putin also tell Pope Leo say e support Vatican plan to deliver supplies, while e blame Ukraine for di worsening situation. Russia and Ukraine each accuse di other of blocking supplies.
Wetin go happen next
Everybody eye go dey on October 29, when di truce suppose start and civilian teams from both sides suppose visit. Until Moscow and Kyiv confirm di terms, di deal remain announcement from US first lady office rather than signed agreement.
