“Russia’s forces destroyed bridges and ‘laid mines’ to stall advancing Ukrainian troops.”
In an apparent major setback, Russia has announced withdrawal from the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson as Kyiv presses on with a counteroffensive to retake the region.
The withdrawal, announced in the Russian state media, is the biggest territorial loss for Kremlin since UkraineKherson, the largest Ukrainian city to fall under Russian occupation, is key for Moscow to maintain its hold over Crimea, a peninsula home Russia’s strategic Black Sea fleet. The Kherson region forms a “land bridge” to Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014.
reported Wednesday. “The withdrawal means Russian forces will pull out entirely from the western bank of the River Dnipro,” the broadcaster added.While the mainstream media coverage of yet another Russian retreat was generally triumphant, the military planners in Kyiv appeared cautious, weary of a Russian ruse to lure their forces into a cauldron — an encirclement tactic perfected by the Russians in WWII.
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