Ukraine evacuates 167 civilians from Kherson as Oleshky truce ends

Ukraine evacuated 167 civilians from threatened areas of the southern Kherson region shortly before a local ceasefire expired. Among those evacuated were 22 children and 21 people with limited mobility, according to the Ukrainian General Staff.

The six-day truce in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky and its surroundings ended at midnight Moscow time, which was 21:00 Central European Time. Both sides reported that they had fulfilled their obligations during the local ceasefire, with no immediate signs of fighting resuming.

“If you want us not to attack Russia's refineries, they have not to attack our energy system.”

Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinez said on Telegram that he and his Russian counterpart, Jana Lantratova, were now examining ways to continue similar humanitarian efforts.

Dmitri Peskov, spokesman for the Russian presidential administration, told Russian news agencies that Moscow positively assessed the conduct of the operation in Oleshky and the coordination between the two countries' human rights officials.

Separately, Ukraine and Russia both reported cyberattacks on emergency alert applications used to warn the public. Ukraine's Air Alert app was possibly compromised by the enemy, sending warnings of radiation in Kyiv despite no such emergency.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Fox News that Ukraine would stop striking Russian oil refineries if Washington supplied Patriot interceptor missiles, adding that Kyiv would cease such attacks for one month if the systems were provided for the same period.