C. Todd Lopez at the DOD News offers a piece on the Russian withdrawal from Kherson.
Over the weekend, Russian forces withdrew from Kherson in Ukraine, a city of more than 280,000. It's a big win for the Ukrainian people and its military, one senior military official said during a briefing at the Pentagon.
The most significant development over the weekend was the
Russian military's withdrawal from Kherson City and the west bank of the Dnipro
River," the official said. "While we continue to monitor, we do
assess that Russian forces have relocated onto the eastern side of the river
and established their defensive lines, thus ceding a significant amount of
territory to the Ukrainians to include your Kherson City."
The official said Ukrainian forces
continue to consolidate gains and are now busy clearing obstacles and mines
left behind by the Russians. The Ukrainians are also assessing the damage done
by the Russian occupiers before they departed; the official said indications
are that the Russians did significant damage to civilian infrastructure in
Kherson, including water and other utility systems.
"The Russians don't appear inclined
to depart the rest of occupied Ukraine, [and] there's undoubtedly still tough
fighting ahead," the official said. "But the liberation [of] Kherson
City is a significant accomplishment and a testament to the grit, determination
and tenacity of the Ukrainian people and their armed forces as they fight to
defend their nation."
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