Civilians began leaving the besieged Russian-held city of Oleshky in southern Ukraine on Friday as part of a joint relief operation, which The Guardian reported was the first of its kind in four years and eight months of war.

According to The Guardian, a humanitarian convoy brought food and medicine to the city, where people had faced months of severe shortages. The city lies on the Russian-occupied side of the Dnipro, near Kherson.

The New York Times reported that many people still in Oleshky, where bombardment is constant, have run out of food. Its headline names Melania Trump as having announced the evacuation.

According to the Times, a truce that began Tuesday is supposed to allow aid into the city and civilians out. The two accounts give different dates for events: the Times places the truce's start on Tuesday, while The Guardian reports evacuations on Friday. The summaries do not explain how the two relate.

Neither The Guardian nor the Times summary reports how many people were evacuated or which parties took part in the joint relief operation. The Times reporting is by Carlotta Gall and Oleksandr Chubko, and The Guardian reporting is by Peter Beaumont.

Sources: The New York Times: Rare Evacuation Announced by Melania Trump Begins in Ukrainian City of Oleshky; The Guardian: Evacuation of civilians begins in besieged Ukrainian city of Oleshky.