Kyiv has reacted skeptically to Russia announcing its retreat from the southern city of Kherson, urging continued resistance until Ukraine liberates all of its occupied cities.
it had seized earlier in the war came as the United States estimated more than 100,000 Russian military personnel have been killed or wounded in Ukraine.
"The enemy does not bring us gifts, does not make 'gestures of goodwill,'" Zelenskiy said Wednesday in his daily address to the nation, adding that any gains by Ukraine come at the expense of "lives lost by our heroes." The commander had proposed the "difficult decision" of pulling back from the city and setting up defenses on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River.
"It is important not to agonize, not to beat around in paranoia, but to draw conclusions and work on mistakes," his press service wrote on social media. The announcement of the retreat came just hours after officials said the Moscow-installed deputy head of the Kherson region, Kirill Stremousov, a key supporter of annexation,
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