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Hundreds of people returned to safety in Ukraine after a localized ceasefire paused fighting between Russia and Ukraine in the front-line town of Oleshky.

Residents in the city lived under Russian occupation for four years, and the situation there worsened this year.

A temporary truce brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump allowed for people to leave the besieged city.

They traveled on a bus through Russia and Belarus to enter Ukrainian territory.

Edited by: Roshni Majumdar

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The Ukrainian Air Force said on Sunday evening that its public air raid alert app had been hacked.

For ​a short ​time, the app ‌showed the capital, Kyiv , and other areas subject to ‌a nuclear alert.…