Russian forces have been ordered to leave the strategically important city of Kherson in southern Ukraine. A military and symbolic loss for Russia, according to experts.
Thus, Russia leaves the largest Ukrainian city that the country captured since the full-scale offensive war began on February 24 of this year.
“Hard decision”
– Initiate the withdrawal of the forces, says Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in a televised meeting with the Russian commander Sergei Surovikin on Wednesday.
Surovikin says at the same time that it was “a difficult decision” to make. At the same time, he announces that a retreat has been ordered to the west bank of the Dnieper River.
In the player above: “Worried it’s a tactical retreat”