Through the mediation of the first lady of the USA Melania Trump, on October 23, an agreement was reached on a temporary local ceasefire, which will allow the delivery of aid and the evacuation of the population from the Russian-occupied Oleshek (Alshek). The beginning of the regime of silence was set for October 29, but it came into effect earlier - on October 27 and is expected to last until November 1. In an interview with Voice of America's Russian Service, William Taylor, an expert at the Atlantic Council, who served as the US Ambassador to Ukraine and in 2019-2020 the US Chargé d'Affaires in Kyiv, shared his vision regarding the prospects of the ceasefire in Olsheki and its effect on the tripartite negotiations planned by the US President and Russia with the cooperation of the United States with Ukraine.

Through the mediation of the first lady of the USA Melania Trump, on October 23, an agreement was reached on a temporary local ceasefire, which will allow the delivery of aid and the evacuation of the population from the Russian-occupied Oleshek (Alshek). The beginning of the regime of silence was set for October 29, but it came into effect earlier - on October 27 and is expected to last until November 1. In an interview with Voice of America's Russian Service, William Taylor, an expert at the Atlantic Council, who served as the US Ambassador to Ukraine and in 2019-2020 the US Chargé d'Affaires in Kyiv, shared his vision regarding the prospects of the ceasefire in Olsheki and its effect on the tripartite negotiations planned by the US President and Russia with the cooperation of the United States with Ukraine.