As a ceasefire brokered by First Lady Melania Trump took effect in a city in southern Ukraine, Russia continued pounding Ukraine's cities overnight.
The local ceasefire, due to last until Saturday in Russia-occupied Oleshky near the Crimean Peninsula, began at 3:00 a.m. local time to permit humanitarian aid to reach the city's inhabitants who are stranded amid shortages of food, water, and medicines.
Oleshky, in Ukraine's partially occupied Kherson region, lies across the Dnipro River from the city of Kherson, about 340 miles southeast of Kyiv. Russian forces captured the town at the start of their 2022 invasion
The temporary Oleshky ceasefire came as Kyiv reported Russian ballistic missile and drone attacks targeting some of Ukraine's biggest cities overnight.
As many as 16 ballistic missiles and 280 drones were launched by Russia, resulting in casualties, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said early Tuesday.