Russia's defense minister has ordered Russian troops to retreat from the key southern city of Kherson and set up defensive positions across the Dnieper River as Ukrainian troops continued with a counteroffensive targeting the city.
, Russia's defense minister has ordered Russian troops to retreat from the key southern city of Kherson and set up defensive positions across the Dnieper River as Ukrainian troops continued with a counteroffensive targeting the city.
It is even more significant given that Kherson was one of the four Ukrainian provinces that had just been illegally annexed by Russia. "The Russian army does not leave Kherson," he wrote on Facebook. "It was knocked out with heavy battles, with losses methodically gnawed through the enemy’s defenses, work on crossings, hard and bloody military labor."Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy urged caution about the Russian announcement tweeting that "actions speak louder than words. We see no signs that Russia is leaving Kherson without a fight.
"At a minimum it will lead to time for everyone to recalibrate their positions over the winter period," said Biden. "It remains to be seen whether there'll be a judgment made as to whether or not Ukraine is prepared to compromise with Russia.
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