According to CoinMeta, on the 23rd, Valery Gerasimov, the Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, announced that the Russian army would cease fire in the direction of Kherson and enter a "silent" phase starting at 4 a.m. on October 27th, Moscow time, to facilitate humanitarian operations to be carried out in the Oleshki area of Kherson Oblast. Miroshnik, an ambassador without a specific post at the Russian Foreign Ministry, stated on the 24th that it was "still difficult to determine" whether this move would affect the negotiation process regarding Ukraine. Miroshnik said on the Russian "Solovyov Live" channel that it was "still difficult to judge" whether the ceasefire in Oleshki would impact the political or military negotiations over Ukraine, as these two aspects of negotiations could "take place separately."