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Fighting returns to Kherson region after longest Ukraine war ceasefire

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Fighting has resumed in Ukraine's Kherson after a six-day truce brought quiet to the front-line region for the first time in years.

The ceasefire - the longest since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022 - allowed hundreds of people trapped in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky and its surroundings to be evacuated.

On Monday morning, local authorities confirmed that strikes had resumed, saying Moscow had hit a medical facility in Kherson city centre. They also said a 62-year-old woman and a 73-year-old man were injured when a Russian drone attacked the car they were travelling in.

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