MOSCOW, October 30. /TASS/. Some residents of Alyoshki in the Kherson Region travelled freely towards Russia, while the others travelled to Ukraine, said Russia’s Commissioner for Human Rights Yana Lantratova.

TASS has compiled the key facts about the humanitarian mission.

Lantratova's statements

- Lantratova said that Alyoshki residents thanked all parties for carrying out the humanitarian mission: "It's very important that people waited, they thank both sides."

- According to her, some of the residents travelled "absolutely unhindered" towards Russia, the others to Ukraine: "People gathered, families with children, the elderly, and buses were organized."

- She said that the residents took their pets with them.

- Humanitarian aid was provided to those who were unable to leave the town due to various circumstances.

- Lantratova said that everything was going on normally: "Both offices of the ombudspersons are monitoring the situation."

- She noted the contribution of the First Lady of the United States Melania Trump to the organization of the humanitarian mission: "This is very important to us, and we thank the First Lady for helping people, for saving lives."

Statements by the Ukrainian ombudsman

- Ukraine’s Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets declared full observance of the silence regime in the Kherson direction and the absence of any violations from the moment of its establishment: "We came to Alyoshki as safely as was possible in the current conditions. The silence regime is fully respected. I emphasize that there have been no violations since the establishment of the silence regime."

- He said that residents of the city who did not have time to submit an evacuation request can still leave the town: " "There are already cases when people who did not sign up came - they were also given the opportunity: ‘Please, come in if you want to leave Alyoshki’."

Lubinets highly appreciated the work of Lantratova's team in Alyoshki, noting high professionalism of the staff: "Yana Valeryevna's staff, together with my staff, have worked out a very systematic approach. And today we are really here, on the ground, seeing how everything works. This is why I rate the organization of the work as very professional, for which I am especially grateful to Yana Valeryevna."

Preparation of the humanitarian corridor

- On the evening of October 29, the Russian military completed the clearance of routes for the humanitarian mission in Alyoshki.

- The Dnepr battlegroup neutralized the roads adjacent to the town from unexploded ordnance, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

- Two people, including a field engineer, were killed while demining to ensure the safe passage of a humanitarian mission, Lantratova said.

- According to the ministry, field engineer of the 98th Guards Airborne Division, Sergeant Andrey Vedernikov was killed.

- Earlier, the Defense Ministry said that Ukraine was remotely mining access roads with drones to prevent the evacuation of civilians and block the delivery of food, medicines and socially important goods to the town.

On conducting a humanitarian operation

- The humanitarian mission in Alyoshki is taking place in full compliance with the agreements between Russia and Ukraine, Melania Trump said.

- In the town, Lantratova and Lubinets coordinated the implementation of the agreements reached with the assistance of the First Lady of the United States.

- The Alyoshki residents who decided to leave the settlement could do so before 2:00 p.m. Moscow time (11:00 a.m. GMT).

- The distribution of humanitarian aid was scheduled for after 2:30 p.m. Moscow time (11:30 a.m. GMT)..

- All security measures were taken.

- According to Lantratova, several dozen tons of humanitarian aid were distributed to the residents of Alyoshki - food, hygiene products, fuel for generators and other necessary things. The list of what is needed was compiled at the request of the residents.

- She noted that it is important for those who decided to stay in the settlement.

- Lantratova said that the ombudspersons of Russia and Ukraine are considering regular delivery of humanitarian aid to Alyoshki.

- Chairman of the Russian Red Cross Pavel Savchuk said that the RCC provided humanitarian aid to the people in Alyoshki. The cargo was delivered by the office of Russia’s ombudsman as part of a humanitarian mission.

Evacuation of the people

- A humanitarian aid convoy was sent to the central district hospital.

- It consisted of 25 buses, Lantratova said.

- Special buses for bedridden people with 30 seats and nine ambulances were also prepared.

- A separate bus was also organized for people with pets.

- On the afternoon of October 30, Lantratova said that all those who expressed the desire to leave Alyoshki were placed on the evacuation buses.

- According to her, people traveled to both Russia and Ukraine.

- On October 26, Lantratova called Kiev's statements about the forced removal of children from Alyoshki unacceptable.

- The ombudswoman called on Ukraine to give the residents of Alyoshki the opportunity to make an informed decision, let them live in peace and order their military to stop the daily shelling of the town and mining roads.

The work of journalists

- According to Lantratova, more than 50 journalists from different countries arrived in the Kherson Region to cover the operation.

- As the ombudswoman noted, all of them will be able to personally communicate with the residents of Alyoshki.

- The humanitarian mission in the city was documented, among others, by Newsmax journalists.

- Melania Trump said they act as neutral observers, will independently film and document the progress of the mission.

- One of the American journalists from the mission, John Chay, said that he was in touch with the first lady of the United States.

Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he considers the presence of Russian, not foreign, journalists to be the key to covering the humanitarian mission.

Coordination of the humanitarian operation in Alyoshki

- According to Lantratova, the humanitarian mission in Alyoshki has been prepared since May.

- As previously reported by Russia’s Chief of the General Staff, Army General Valery Gerasimov, Russian troops will introduce a ceasefire regime in the Kherson direction from 4:00 a.m. Moscow time (1:00 a.m. GMT) on October 27 for the humanitarian operation.

- Ukraine’s General Staff also said it was complying with the ceasefire from 4:00 a.m. Moscow time (1:00 a.m. GMT) on October 27.

- Lantratova later said that the temporary ceasefire in the Kherson direction would last until 10:59 p.m. Moscow time (7:59 p.m. GMT) on November 1.

- Since the beginning of the silence regime, she has been reporting daily on its observance by both sides.

Reaction to the announcement of the ceasefire

- Lantratova thanked Melania Trump and all the participants of the negotiating group for their cooperation in organizing a humanitarian mission in Alyoshki.

- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the agreement, his official representative Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.

- White House Communications Director Steven Cheung called the agreements an important step towards resolving the Ukrainian conflict.

The situation in Alyoshki

- On September 21, Peskov called the humanitarian situation in Alyoshki critical.

- It was impossible to bring food or medicines to the town due to shelling and drone attacks from Kiev.

- On September 1, a determined attempt was made to break the blockade of Alyosha to deliver humanitarian aid to the people, but Ukrainian militants fired at a convoy of vehicles and almost completely destroyed the cargo, said Rodion Miroshnik, Ambassador-at-large of the Russian Foreign Ministry for crimes of the Kiev regime.

- A little more than 1,000 people remain in Alyoshki, he informed.

- Miroshnik noted that the situation has worsened in the last four to five months.

- Residents of nearby settlements on the left bank of the Dnepr River tried to deliver food to Alyoshki, but Ukraine prevented this, evacuated resident Svetlana Popova told TASS.

- According to her, the civilian population of the city did not receive humanitarian aid from Ukraine, all reports about this are lies.