The withdrawal announcement by Moscow comes after Ukraine said it had reclaimed dozens of landmine-littered settlements abandoned by the Russians
Moscow announced on Friday that its forces had completed their withdrawal from the strategic Ukrainian city of Kherson, after Ukraine said it had reclaimed dozens of landmine-littered settlements abandoned by the Russians.
Reuters was not able to verify the extent of the Ukrainian advance or the status of Russia’s retreat. If any Russian troops are still on the west bank of the Dnipro, Moscow must figure out how to ferry them to safety across a wide river under fire from the advancing Ukrainians.The already damaged Antonivskiy bridge, the only road crossing from Kherson to the Russian-controlled eastern bank of the Dnipro River, collapsed, Ukraine’s public broadcaster quoted local residents as saying.
“Ukrainian forces are trying to break into Kherson on the shoulders of the retreating enemy,” he said. “In the area of the river crossings, where Russian troops are concentrated, firefights are breaking out.” Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Zelensky, said on Thursday Russia wanted to turn Kherson into a “city of death”, mining everything from apartments to sewers and planning to shell the city from the other side of the river.
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