Kyiv expressed caution about Russia’s announcement its troops are abandoning the Ukrainian city of Kherson, the first major regional center seized in its invasion, in what would be a highly symbolic reverse for President Vladimir Putin.
Ukraine’s General Staff said Thursday it couldn’t confirm or deny a pullback after Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered troops to withdraw from the western bank of the Dnipro River and move to the other shore. Russia’s Defense Ministry said Thursday the “redeployment” had begun.
Ukrainian troops have advanced 7 kilometers (4 miles) in two directions in Kherson region over the past 24 hours, liberating 12 towns and more than 260 square kilometers of territory, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces said on Telegram. “The likely pullout from Kherson is the result of our active operations,” he wrote.
Russia is moving weapons, equipment and units, but their forces still remain on the western bank of Dnipro river in Kherson, military spokeswoman Nataliya Humeniuk said on TV.
After Ukraine’s forces cut off their supply lines and pressured them at the front in the area, Russian troops and occupation authorities had been pulling out of Kherson and across the river for the last several weeks.
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