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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Luke Harding in Kyiv and Pjotr Sauer

Three people killed after Russia resumes attacks in Ukraine

Military tank firing
The ceasefire expired on Monday after the Kremlin rejected Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s offer to extend it by 30 days. Photograph: Ivan Antypenko/Reuters

Russia has resumed its attacks on Ukraine, killing at least three people in the southern Kherson region, after a 30-hour Easter ceasefire that Kyiv said Moscow’s armed forces repeatedly violated.

In a statement on Monday, Russia’s military said it was continuing “the special military operation” – Vladimir Putin’s phrase for his 2022 full-scale invasion. Over the weekend Russian troops “strictly observed” the pause in fighting, it claimed.

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