Russia refuses extension, ceasefire in Ukraine's Kherson region ends after rare pause

The longest truce of the Ukraine war in the eastern Kherson region ended on Sunday after Russia refused an extension offer, Ukrainian officials said. The pause, initiated by US First Lady Melania Trump and beginning early Tuesday, allowed humanitarian missions to the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky and residents to evacuate. Russian forces used the calm to amass new troops and ammunition across the Dnipro river. Ukrainian officials reported no violations during the truce, which Kyiv's foreign ministry had sought to extend.