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A brief ceasefire in Ukraine's Kherson region has ended

A short ceasefire in a corner of southern Ukraine gives respite to the residents of a besieged frontline city where Russian drones usually hunt and kill civilians.

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Joanna Kakissis is an international correspondent based in Kyiv, Ukraine.