Ukraine said on Friday its forces were entering the southern city of Kherson and hailed an 'important victory' after Russia announced its troops had retreated from the only regional capital it has captured after nearly nine months fighting.
Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesThe Kremlin insisted that Kherson was still part of Russia and that it did not regret annexing the entire Kherson region at a lavish ceremony in late September.
The announcement that Moscow's pullout was over came hours after Russian strikes killed seven people in Mykolaiv, a city near Kherson, that Russian troops have battered for months. "The transfer of Russian troops to the left [eastern] bank of the Dnipro River was completed. Not a single piece of military equipment and weapons was left on the right [western] bank," the Russian defence ministry said."Ukraine is gaining another important victory right now and proves that whatever Russia says or does, Ukraine will win," Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba wrote on social media.
It would also disrupt an important land bridge for Russia between its mainland and the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014. "This is a subject of the Russian Federation. There are no changes in this and there cannot be changes," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Russian troops failed to capture the Black Sea city from Ukraine in the early stages of their invasion but have launched rockets and missiles on the embattled city for months.
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