Posted on 11/11/2022 6:18:03 AM PST by Salohcin
Russia said Friday it had completed its withdrawal of forces from the southern city of Kherson, two days after Moscow said it had made the "difficult decision" to pull back amid Ukrainian advances.
"Today at 5 o'clock in the morning Moscow time, the transfer of Russian troops to the left bank of the Dnipro River was completed," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Telegram.
“There was no loss of personnel, weapons and military equipment,” the ministry said, adding civilians “were assisted in the evacuation.”
Following the withdrawal, the Kremlin said that the city of Kherson was still part of Russia, as Moscow claimed to have annexed the Kherson region in September.
"This is a subject of the Russian Federation. There are no changes in this and there cannot be changed," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Russia announced Wednesday it was withdrawing its forces from Kherson due to its inability to supply Russian forces there, abandoning the only Ukrainian regional capital it has captured in its nearly nine-month invasion.
The decision to pull back to the left bank of the Dnipro River came after months of intense fighting in the area, with Ukrainian troops making incremental gains against a large Russian force.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that Kyiv's forces had recaptured over 40 towns and villages in southern Ukraine as Russia retreated.
Moscow declared its annexation of four partially occupied Ukrainian regions — Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk — after holding widely disputed referendums in each region.
The annexation was rejected by Kyiv and widely condemned by Western countries.
AFP contributed reporting.
The ground in Ukraine will likely freeze in the next 4-7 weeks. When that happens, we will see everything change in Ukraine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o3vxogGFZM
The ground in Ukraine will likely freeze in the next 4-7 weeks. When that happens, we will see everything change in Ukraine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o3vxogGFZM
We’ll see if this holds up any better than your previous failed predictions. 🙄
Top Russian propagandist is so mad about Russia's retreat from Kherson that he forgot the name of his own show and admitted to missing life the way it used to be. Watch his furious tirade, full of sighs, insults and outlandish lies.
Kazan on 12th October 2022 https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4099922/posts?page=24#24
EVERYTHING changes in 3 weeks as Putin amasses biggest force yet
So Kazan starts another prediction
12th November 2022 https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4108353/posts?page=27#27
“EVERYTHING changes in 4 weeks; this is Putin’s calm before the storm | Redacted with Clayton Morris
The ground in Ukraine will likely freeze in the next 4-7 weeks. When that happens, we will see everything change in Ukraine.”
Let’s see what happens in 7 weeks (let’s give Kazan some more rope to hang himself) - so I’ll drop an email to all of you guys on the 2nd of January so we can laugh at Kazan again
Thanks for the report on the foreign enemy propaganda campaign in our midst. Russia turned its name to Mud again in February after doing so in 2014. Now, it continues to stir the mud by adding more foul things to it.
Massive power outages in Ukraine after Russian most massive-yet missile strike on energy infrastructure – UPDATING
https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/11/15/massive-power-outages-in-ukraine-after-russian-most-massive-yet-missile-strike-on-energy-infrastructure-updating/
Putin is busy destroying Russia
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