Newsmax journalist Alex Salvi, who was in Olshki during the evacuation of civilians, counted 11 buses headed for Ukraine and four for Russia. If we assume that the buses boarded completely, it turns out that about 550 people decided to evacuate to Ukraine, and 250 to Russia (neither Moscow nor Kyiv have yet officially announced the number of evacuees). At the same time, observers estimated the number of civilians at the time of the announcement of the ceasefire at 1,500-2,000 people. Based on these figures, half or more of the citizens decided to stay in Olsheki, now under Russian control. In addition, judging by the reports of the Russian media, the Russian Federation has these days evacuated the residents of Olshki to its territory or to Crimea outside of yesterday's evacuation convoys. We note that before the start of the full-scale war, about 24,000 people lived in Olshki. Some of them left Olshki at the very beginning of the invasion. Also, many left the city after the explosion of the Khakhovskaya hydroelectric power station dam in June 2023, when a significant part of the settlement was flooded.