Evacuating residents from Oleshky, Ukraine, were offered a four-hour departure window on October 30, 2026, with choices to travel to Ukrainian or Russian-controlled territories.

An ongoing armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine that was sparked with Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and escalated into a full-scale invasion in February 2022, resulting in widespread casualties, displacement and significant geopolitical consequences for Europe and the world.