{"id":69997,"date":"2026-11-06T04:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T04:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/conflicts\/69997\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T04:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T04:08:08","slug":"pro-war-blogger-vanishes-from-public-after-telegram-post-about-oleshky-evacuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/conflicts\/69997\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-War Blogger Vanishes From Public After Telegram Post About Oleshky Evacuation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Popular pro-war military blogger Vladimir Romanov has<a href=\"https:\/\/ru.themoscowtimes.com\/2026\/11\/05\/odin-iz-samih-populyarnih-z-voenkorov-propal-posle-soobscheniya-o-nezhelanii-zhitelei-aleshek-evakuirovatsya-v-rossiyu-a210567\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> stopped posting<\/a> online after suggesting that last month\u2019s ceasefire and humanitarian mission in the occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky were unfavorable for Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Romanov, who runs the Telegram channel \u201cRomanov Lite\u201d with more than 150,000 subscribers, has gone silent since Saturday,<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/romanov_92\/56770\" rel=\"nofollow\"> Oct. 31<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last Friday, the Russian blogger posted and then later deleted a message on his channel that said only four buses filled with residents from Oleshky had departed for Russia during the ceasefire, as opposed to 17 buses that carried evacuees to Ukrainian territory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn TV, they\u2019ll most likely show more of our buses, but the windows will be completely curtained off,\u201d the since-deleted message read.<\/p>\n<p>Romanov\u2019s claim\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/alexsalvinews\/status\/2116491373901996347\" title=\"roughly\u00a0corresponded\" rel=\"nofollow\">roughly\u00a0corresponded<\/a> to reporting by Newsmax journalist Alex Salvi, who also said just four buses filled with Oleshky residents went to Russia, suggesting that few in the war-torn town are sympathetic to Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>The whereabouts of Romanov, who is normally based in the annexed Crimean city of Sevastopol, remain unknown as of Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantranova<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2026\/11\/02\/oleshky-ceasefire-and-aid-operation-end-without-any-violations-lantratova-says-a94152\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0acknowledged<\/a> earlier this week that, while Russian authorities prepared enough buses to evacuate up to 750 civilians from Oleshky, many returned largely empty.<\/p>\n<p>Lantranova\u2019s Ukrainian counterpart,\u00a0Dmytro Lubinets,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2026\/11\/02\/8060865\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> Russia and Ukraine agreed not to disclose the number of Oleshky residents who used the ceasefire as an opportunity to leave the town.<\/p>\n<p>The Oct. 27-Nov. 1 ceasefire in and around Oleshky, which was credited to U.S. first lady Melania Trump, allowed emergency aid to reach the town and facilitated civilian evacuations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Popular pro-war military blogger Vladimir Romanov has stopped posting online after suggesting that last month\u2019s ceasefire and 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