Kherson truce lets Ukrainian family ‘close chapter’ on old life

What happened: Yuliia Mayfeld, 39, and her children returned to their home in Kherson, Ukraine for the first time in almost five years, using a weeklong humanitarian truce to revisit old memories. Key numbers: Mayfeld is 39. The family had not returned for almost five years. The truce was brokered by U.S. First Lady Melania Trump and was scheduled to end on Sunday evening. Why it matters: The family fled to the nearby region of Odesa amid intense fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces, and the truce allowed only a brief return.

Yuliia Mayfeld, 39, and her children returned to their home in Kherson, Ukraine for the first time in almost five years, using a weeklong humanitarian truce to revisit old memories.

The family fled to the nearby region of Odesa amid intense fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces, and the truce allowed only a brief return.