Notes and Essays -- John Brown

The pause in fighting is designed to allow humanitarian aid into Oleshky and evacuate those who want to go By Nikita Nikolaienko and Ian Lovett The Wall Street Journal Oct. 27, 2026 6:20 am ET Quick Summary -- A temporary ceasefire coordinated in part by Melania Trump took effect Tuesday in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky in southern Ukraine. -- The pause in fighting is designed to allow humanitarian aid into the city and evacuate civilians who want to leave. -- Under the ceasefire plan, Russian forces must clear mines from the road out of town before aid and evacuation buses arrive later in the week. A temporary ceasefire coordinated in part by Melania Trump took effect Tuesday in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky in southern Ukraine. View more KYIV—A temporary ceasefire took effect early on Tuesday in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky in southern Ukraine, where civilians have been starving since food deliveries stopped earlier this year. The pause in fighting be...

from The lights in Ukraine’s capital city are failing as Russian missiles pound its power plants. The mood is darkening too. Kyiv is bracing for its worst winter since the full-scale war began as a relentless campaign of Russian missile and drone strikes systematically dismantles Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Following a failed energy ceasefire proposal on October 11, Russia has executed over 170 attacks targeting critical power grids, turning the capital into a front-line city characterized by daily blackouts, frozen transit, and looming utility failures. [ 1 , 2 ] Current Impact on Daily Life Grid Collapse: Widespread strikes have severely damaged dozens of substations and critical generation plants—including Combined Heat and Power Plants 4 and 5 and the Trypillya Thermal Power Plant—leaving hundreds of thousands of households without electricity. [ 1 , 2 ] Transit Paralysis: Rolling emergency blackouts have repeatedly paralyzed the Kyiv Metro system, trapping commuters i...