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Ukrainian who fled Oleshky views US-brokered ceasefire with deep scepticism

Straits Times26 October 2026, 11:15 UTCUkraine

KYIV, Oct 26 - Six weeks ago, Vitaly, his wife Iryna, their 13-year-old son Vlad and their cat left the besieged town of Oleshky in Russian-occupied Ukraine to escape what they feared was certain death by starvation.

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