Amid Ukraine's gains in Kherson, a U.S. think tank warns that a winter ceasefire would only help Russia.
of the Russian offensive campaign in Ukraine. In the report, the ISW said a ceasefire would give Russia"the pause it desperately needs to reconstitute" its troops.
"A wintertime ceasefire would only benefit Russian forces, who would use that opportunity to bolster their faltering defenses and continue their genocidal campaign to eradicate Ukrainian identity in occupied parts of Ukraine," the ISW said. It comes as Ukrainian officials move to liberate the city from Russian occupation as part of its months-long counteroffensive effort.
Above, a Ukrainian soldier talks to a civilian in the Kherson border region village, outside of Mykolaiv, Ukraine on October 31, 2022. The ISW is warning that a Ukrainian ceasefire would only be beneficial to Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin.Andriy Yusov, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's intelligence directorate, told the Associated Press that"an operation to liberate Kherson" and surrounding areas is underway Friday.
According to the Agence France-Presse news agency, more than 30,000 Russian troops have withdrawn from the southern Kherson region.
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