An Oleshky father steps off the bus into his family's arms
CBS News's footage shows a tearful reunion after an evacuation that the network says took place during a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
Why this story? One of CBS News's most watched videos since yesterday, with 162,954 views.
Watch: Dad evacuated from Southern Ukraine reunited with family amid ceasefire #shorts
The family is waiting beside the bus with Ukrainian flags. As the father steps down, a young woman reaches him immediately, wrapping him in an embrace that lasts as photographers and bystanders look on.
CBS News identifies him as a father evacuated from Oleshky in southern Ukraine and says the reunion took place while a U.S.-brokered ceasefire held. Oleshky lies on the left bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region.
The footage adds a close-up family moment to coverage of the evacuation: the pair hold each other and exchange kisses on the cheek before an older woman comes forward to hug him. The family then gathers around him in a shared embrace.
Near the end, the father addresses his girls and tells them he is home. The CBS clip has drawn about 163,000 views since yesterday.
A city in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region, on the left bank of the Dnieper River.
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The reunion was CBS News's most-watched new video since yesterday.


