Russian troops suffering 'catastrophic losses' while retreating
Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov told Reuters in an interview on Thursday evening that Russia would need at least a week to withdraw troops from the western bank of the Dnieper River.Reznikov noted that Russian troops still remain in Kherson—around the city and on the west bank of the Dnieper—despite the fact that Moscow has announced a retreat.in one or two days. As a minimum, one week," he said, noting that Russia's actions can be unpredictable.
The deputy head of the Russian-installed Kherson regional administration, Ekaterina Gubareva, told state-run news agency RIA Novosti on Friday that Russian troops are creating a line of defense along the entire portion of the river's eastern bank. "A reliable line of defense is being built, various kinds of fortifications are being erected," she said.
It comes after a Ukrainian military source told Ukrainskaya Pravda a day earlier that Russia could be buying time to construct a line of defense on the eastern part of the Dnieper River, where Russian forces are supposedly withdrawing to. "In order to strengthen the coast all the way to Kherson and beyond, the Russians will need additional time. Therefore, we should not hope that they will surrender in a day. They need to keep the Ukrainian forces on the right bank as long as possible. But, of course, we are not waiting either, and we are trying to advance," the unnamed source said.
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