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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Elizabeth Piper and Vlad Smilianets

Stock up or leave? Ukraine's Kherson faces weekend curfew

Local residents are seen a during an evacuation effort at a bus station in the outskirts of Kherson, Ukraine May 4, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

Some residents left the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson in cars and buses on Friday, and others stocked up on groceries, before a weekend curfew imposed as Kyiv prepares for a counter-offensive against Russian forces.

The announcement of the unusually long curfew, due to last 58 hours from Friday evening to Monday morning, has prompted speculation in Kherson that the city is about to used as a launch point for the counter-attack.

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