Fighting resumes in Kherson after longest Ukraine war ceasefire ends
The six-day truce brokered by Melania Trump allowed for evacuations in Oleshky before strikes returned to the region on Monday.
Fighting has resumed in Ukraine's Kherson region following a six-day truce that ended on Sunday, according to reports from BBC News and the Hindustan Times. The ceasefire, which lasted from October 27 to November 1, was the longest since the start of the Russian invasion in 2022.
The truce was brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump and enabled hundreds of people to be evacuated from the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky. Ukraine's Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, described the temporary pause as an important step in joint humanitarian efforts.
On Monday morning, local authorities confirmed that strikes had resumed, noting that Moscow hit a medical facility in the Kherson city centre. A 62-year-old woman and a 73-year-old man were also injured when a Russian drone attacked their car.
Ukraine accused Russian forces of using the humanitarian pause to strengthen military positions, rotate units, and deliver ammunition. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov suggested it was reasonable to assume the Ukrainian army also used the period for regrouping.
While the truce provided a brief respite in Oleshky, fighting continued elsewhere. Ukraine's energy ministry reported fresh power outages across the country on Sunday following Russian strikes on energy infrastructure.
The ceasefire was overseen by human rights ombudsmen Yana Lantratova of Russia and Dmytro Lubinets of Ukraine, who both called for the initiative to be repeated.
