Kherson braces for return of war as localised Russia-Ukraine truce ends
Summary
A six-day local ceasefire in and around Russian-occupied Oleshky, in Ukraine’s Kherson region, ended Sunday night without either side reporting violations or agreeing to extend it. The pause enabled evacuations and the delivery of supplies, while Russian strikes elsewhere in Ukraine and Ukrainian drone attacks in Russia continued.Key Facts
- The truce covered Oleshky and nearby areas in the Kherson region and ended at 10:59 p.m. Ukraine time on Sunday.
- Ukraine’s military said it evacuated 167 people from threatened areas, including 22 children and 21 people with limited mobility.
- About 2,000 civilians were estimated to be in Oleshky when the truce began; they could evacuate to Ukrainian- or Russian-controlled territory or stay with replenished food and medical supplies.
- A Ukrainian official told AFP that Russia reportedly refused Kyiv’s offer to extend the ceasefire.
- Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Moscow viewed the Oleshky operation and coordination between the countries’ human rights commissioners positively.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian strikes elsewhere in Ukraine left hundreds of thousands of households without power.
- Russian authorities reported major damage to an industrial site in the Nizhny Novgorod region after Ukrainian drone attacks.
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