Kiev (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russia resumed its attacks on the Ukrainian Kherson region on Monday, after the end of a local truce that was the longest in the war between the two countries since 2022.

Published on: 02/11/2026 - 11:09

A rare truce that began on Tuesday ended on Sunday after being reached through mediation by US First Lady Melania Trump. This truce allowed the implementation of a humanitarian mission in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshki, and enabled hundreds of citizens trapped there to leave.

This truce is the longest in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which has entered its fifth year and resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands and the displacement of millions.

The local authorities said in a statement, “At approximately eight o’clock this morning, the Russian occupiers attacked a car with a drone in the Korabelny neighborhood in the city of Kherson,” adding that a 62-year-old woman and a 73-year-old man were injured and taken to the hospital.

A senior Ukrainian official told AFP on Sunday that Russia had rejected a Ukrainian offer to extend the truce.

The governor of the Kherson region, Oleksandr Prokudin, urged local residents to be extremely careful with the end of the ceasefire.

The Ukrainian army accused Russia of exploiting the pause in fighting to "strengthen its positions."

Also, Prokudin reported that Russian attacks resulted in the death of one person in the city of Izyum, located in the Kharkiv region in the northeast of the country.

It is expected that talks between Russia and Ukraine will resume this month, with American mediation.

The Kremlin has previously repeatedly rejected calls for a broader ceasefire, stressing its intention to move forward with its comprehensive offensive to control what remains of eastern Ukraine.

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