It seemed that Russia wanted to stay in Kherson. They put up billboards saying that Kherson will be Russian forever, before they were forced to retreat back over the river, and blew the Kakhovka Dam to slow the Ukrainian forces pursuing them.
Was that just empty trash talking by Russia after all? Because NATO kicked their goat-smelling, vodka-soaked butts out, without even actually sending the first NATO troop in. NATO hasn't even shown up yet. If NATO shows up, it will be the last week of the war for the Russian Aerospace Force and the Black Sea Fleet. Turkey alone could handle it.
Putin has destroyed the Russian military, the remaining freedoms of Russian citizens, and the economic future for a generation. Vladimir the Disaster.