Putin's troops FLEE Kherson as Kremlin orders humiliating withdrawal across the Dnipro river - abandoning the ONLY local capital still held after their disastrous invasion

MAILONLINE ^ | 9 November 2022 | CHRIS PLEASANCE and DAVID AVERRE

[dennisw]

Putin - always on hand to cheer Russia's 'victories' - was nowhere to be seen.

Putin's top military commander said troops will retreat from Kherson on orders from Russian Defence Minister Troops will leave 'in the near future' and take up positions across Dnipro River, General Sergei Surovikin said

Giving up the city - capital of a region Putin annexed to Russia just weeks ago - is the most humiliating loss yet General Surovikin said city was impossible to defend as Ukraine's armed forces continue to counterattack

Kirill Stremousov, 45, is believed to have died when his Lexus was involved in a collision with a truck Images released by Russian state media purported to show the twisted remains of his car lying in the road

This is the moment Russia's top commander was ordered to withdraw from Kherson, after admitting the city is impossible to defend in face of Ukrainian advances.

General Sergei Surovikin was hauled on to state TV alongside Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu who ordered him to pull his men back across the Dnipro River and surrender Kherson to the Ukrainians in a heavily stage-managed affair.

Surovikin gave a report in which he said his troops are in danger and civilians are being killed, before recommending a retreat. Shoigu agreed, to which the squirming general replied: 'Yes sir. The troop manoeuvres will be made as soon as possible.'

Witnesses say Russian men have already abandoned key checkpoints around Kherson and have destroyed bridges in an apparent effort to stop Ukrainian soldiers pursuing and capturing them.

Giving up Kerson - the capital of a region Putin annexed to Russia just weeks ago, his only toe-hold west of the Dnipro River, and a key checkpoint on the road to Crimea - is the most-humiliating loss his military has yet suffered.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

That’s all ya got? Clinical pomposity?

Pathetic.

[Jumper]

We shall see. I predict every East of Di’niper River will be ceded to Russia. Pulling back from West Bank allows Ukraine to occupy Kerseon city without a bloodbath. Peace will come. The Russian Ukrainians can move east and the Ukraine Ukrainians can stay west. This is the Peace. Ukraine can have the port city in North.

[Paul R.]

That works both ways, though. Kherson is (mostly) on high ground, a retaking of it by Russia, or taking of anything to the west, looks highly improbable barring a VERY costly effort by Russia.

Moreover, the highway and railway that lead SW to Crimea and the highway coming from the NE to the SE bank will be in easy range of Ukie artillery, leaving just one highway from SE Ukraine to Crimea. So, Russia’s forces are in a more defendable position against a massive attack, and they can shell Kherson heavily if they choose (at least for a while), but, their logistics may get picked to pieces over time, esp. if Ukraine gets more HIMARS and some deliveries of M777-ER or equivalent, or even more drones, for that matter.

[DesertRhino]

The English is really improving!

[riverdawg]

“The English is really improving!”

However, your “analyses” are not.

[Bogie]

Or perhaps disappearance by NAZI “Night of the long knives.”

[Cronos]

Kazan " for the purpose of weathering Ukraine’s all-or-nothing offensive while preserving Russian manpower and equipment."

Russia military hardware abandoned outside Kherson

Ukrainian troops found scores of abandoned Russian military vehicles on the approach to the regional capital Kherson.

[Cronos]

Jumper on 10th November 2022
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4107713/posts?page=62#62
“ I predict every East of Di’niper River will be ceded to Russia.”

Gee Jumper — you were wrong,

Just as you were wrong about

jumper on 19th November 2022
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4110440/posts?page=9#9
“The Russia Army is ready to utilize actual combat formations under one command and they are going to take Odessa;....It is going to be long cold winter and by the time the ground thaws the Russians will have dictated a peace with NATO in the absence of sane Ukrainian leadership.”

Jumper on 10th August 2022
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4084506/posts?page=4#4
“ Once those first 3 cities west of the Dnepr River fall, the entire underbelly of the Ukraine is wide open to deep penetration and literally nothing left to stop Russia from Kiev.

The US press has essentially accepted the reality of US NATO miscalculations and the end in sight.”

Jumper on 30th May 2022
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4067044/posts?page=53#53
“ The Ukraine will only be in Donbas another week before last week’s 30,000 are finished off. ...It’s all over except for Biden and Z-linsky accepting the terms of peace, e.g., stay on the west side of the river.”

Jumper on 19th May 2022
https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/4064351/posts?page=32#32
“Russia will end up cutting the Ukraine off from the sea and they will control the energy. “