Ukrainian evacuees reunite with family after years trapped in Russia-occupied city

According to the BBC, hundreds of residents evacuated from the Russian-occupied city crossed into northern Ukraine via Belarus on Saturday, many reuniting with loved ones they had not seen for years.[1]AP describes the operation as a major rescue operation carried out under the most significant truce since Russia's full-scale invasion[2]. AP adds that the evacuees had traveled by bus and plane through Russia and Belarus.[2]The BBC reports that when Mykhailo Palii arrived, his daughters Dasha and Anya, who had believed they might never see him again, sprinted across the tarmac screaming and crying.[1] Palii told the BBC he had kept the drone and missile strikes from them "because I knew they would worry."[1]CNN reports that evacuees said there had been no food deliveries to Oleshky since the summer.[3] One evacuee, Oleksandr, told CNN: "It was like I'd escaped from hell."[3]According to AP, Ukraine's ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said evacuees ranged in age from just over a year old to 94[2]. AP also reports that he said the truce "could form the basis of a new mechanism for responding to the most difficult humanitarian crises."[2]AP reports that Russia's human rights commissioner, Yana Lantratova, said both sides have agreed to conduct regular humanitarian missions in and around Oleshky.[4] AP notes that Lubinets did not mention this development.[4]According to CNN, President Zelensky thanked Trump for her help with the mediation[3], meaning US first lady Melania Trump. CNN also reports that the ceasefire is set to expire on Sunday.[3]