Ukrainian and Russian delegations have arrived in Russian-occupied Oleshky as a cease-fire allows humanitarian aid deliveries and civilian evacuations. Ukraine has prepared 25 buses and ambulances to evacuate residents, while those who remain will receive humanitarian assistance.

Foreign ministers from the Group of 20 leading economies are gathering in Atlanta on October 30-31 for talks expected to expose continuing divisions among Western governments over Russia's war in Ukraine.

Novaya Gazeta, the venerable investigative Russian newspaper whose reporting staff included the slain Anna Politkovskaya and at least five others who were killed or died under suspicious circumstances, announced it was shutting down.