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Russia moved troops during Oleshky ceasefire, Sky News reports

Stuart Ramsay gains access to a Ukrainian drone command centre examining military movements during the civilian evacuation.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 270,151 views a day, 10 times a normal first day on this channel (26,040).

How Russian military used Oleshky ceasefire to bring in troops, hardware and supplies

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0:41Evacuated resident Yana Borysova describes incoming Russian hardware and her concern for people remaining in Oleshky.
2:34Ramsay enters the Ukrainian Marines' command centre to examine surveillance from before, during and after the evacuation.
3:02Drone footage shows Russian armoured vehicles, troops and supplies moving into Oleshky during the ceasefire.
5:54Ukrainian military intelligence identifies a vehicle leaving a humanitarian convoy to supply Russian positions.
6:37Further footage shows Russian soldiers carrying away boxes of humanitarian food intended for civilians.
7:01Lt Col Dmytro Pulinets says Russian forces rotated personnel, repaired artillery and reinforced positions during the pause.

Yana Borysova has reached Ukrainian-controlled territory, but her concern remains with the people still in occupied Oleshky. The resident, who previously reported covertly by phone from the city, describes Russian military hardware arriving as civilians were being evacuated.

Her account opens a Sky News investigation into what happened during the humanitarian ceasefire. Stuart Ramsay and his team enter the Ukrainian Marines' 34th Brigade command centre, where soldiers examine drone footage from before, during and after the evacuation.

The report shows armoured vehicles, troops and supplies moving into Oleshky during the agreed pause. The city lies on the left bank of the Dnieper in southern Ukraine's Kherson region. While evacuees travel through Russia and Belarus to reach Ukrainian-controlled territory, the surveillance follows movements inside and around their city.

One sequence shows a vehicle separating from a humanitarian convoy, which Ukrainian military intelligence says went to supply Russian positions. Another shows soldiers carrying away boxes of food rations intended for civilians. Brigade commander Lt Col Dmytro Pulinets says Russian forces used the ceasefire to rotate personnel, repair artillery and reinforce positions.

The investigation drew about 122,000 views in its opening seven hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full first day for regular videos.

For Borysova, arrival brings a reunion but not an end to worries about those left behind. Sky closes its report by saying it contacted the Russian Ministry of Defence about the allegations of ceasefire violations and had not received a reply.

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