Withdrawal from Kherson, Russian forces retreat

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Ukraine’s counter-insurgency forces are currently approaching Kherson from two separate directions. The Ukrainians were reported to have entered the village of Kalynivske and that “the front line is steadily moving towards Kherson.”

 This is hastening the Russian retreat.

After the withdrawal, several thousand square miles more of Russian-annexed territory will have been taken back by Ukraine.

A meeting in Moscow

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Gen. Sergei Surovikin, the recently appointed commander of Russia’s forces in Ukraine, met last week in Moscow. And they planned the withdrawal from Kherson.

According to Surovikin  “Kherson [city] and adjacent settlements in the current conditions cannot be fully supplied and function.”

Surovikin also claimed that it is Ukraine, not Russia who attacks their own people. He reportedly said that Ukraine forces “are attacking schools, hospitals, and civilians in Kherson, who are being evacuated to the other side of the Dnipro River.”

It is impossible to verify Survokin’s claim that “from August to October, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 9,500 people in Kherson. And that represents seven to eight times more than Russian losses.”

 Withdrawal from Kherson underway

Ukrainian officials are said to be skeptical that the Russian forces have completely left the area.