Kherson ceasefire ends after six days — SkimNews
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- Kherson region observed a six-day localized ceasefire that ended Sunday night with no reported violations, allowing rare civilian evacuations from the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky.
- Ukrainian military evacuated 167 civilians from threatened areas in southern Kherson, including 22 children and 21 people with limited mobility, during the truce period.
- Melania Trump and Pope Leo XIV mediated the ceasefire, with Melania Trump calling it a potential starting point for lasting peace in a social media statement.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov acknowledged positive coordination between Russian and Ukrainian human rights commissioners during the Oleshky operation, according to Russian news agencies.
- Ukraine’s General Staff reported that Moscow launched 433 drones overnight across Ukraine, with 371 intercepted, while Kyiv struck a missile component factory in Russia’s Rostov region.
- Kherson Governor Oleksandr Prokudin urged residents to avoid ‘red zones’ near the Dnipro River as the ceasefire expired, citing persistent high threat levels from Russian strikes.
Why it matters: The end of the truce removes a rare point of cooperation between Kyiv and Moscow, leaving thousands in Kherson vulnerable to renewed attacks just before winter. With evacuations halted and energy infrastructure under renewed assault, civilian safety and humanitarian access face immediate deterioration in one of the war’s most contested regions.
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