# Brief ceasefire offers rare respite in Ukraine’s Kherson

https://mins.news/en/item/119563

- Reuters, 2026-10-28 17:50 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-kherson-brief-ceasefire-brings-rare-respite-2026-10-28/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ae235d553aa080001e53e39

> Years of near-daily Russian drone and artillery attacks have left the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson battered, with death never far away. A brief ceasefire has offered residents a rare respite.

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