Russia Orders Troops to Leave Ukrainian City of Kherson

Russia ordered its troops to leave Ukraine’s city of Kherson, the first major regional center seized in its invasion, in a highly symbolic setback for President Vladimir Putin.

With Kyiv’s forces pressing their counteroffensive in the region bordering occupied Crimea, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in a televised briefing Wednesday ordered the troops to withdraw from the western bank of the Dnipro River and move to the other shore.

“I understand that this is a very difficult decision,” Sergei Surovikin, the general in charge of Russian forces, told Shoigu in proposing the move. “At the same time, we will save the lives of our servicemen and, in general, the combat capability of the group of troops, which is futile to keep on the right bank in a limited area.”

Putin, who has taken a personal role in most major elements of the campaign, wasn’t shown in the televised meeting.

The retreat marks another major defeat for the Kremlin after Ukraine retook large areas of territory around Kharkiv in the east over the summer. Kherson was the first regional capital to fall in Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion and was among the territories the Kremlin claimed to annex in illegal referendums held in September. Putin said at the time the areas would be Russian forever.

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[suddenturnforthebest]

"We must also take into account the threat to the civilian population"- that resides in the town we are occupying by military force. How sweet

[adityar]

Surely the Russian soldiers are glued to tv sets on the battle field to take instructions from their command

[donnacollins]

Sorry you wrote this wrong Ukraine kicked them out of Kherson and Russia ran to the mic's and the border next Ukraine will be Liberating Crimea

[TomByron-hs]

I'm immune to Ukraine now. It's really not my problem

[jacquelyngrafia]

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