{"id":74777,"date":"2022-11-09T20:00:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T20:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/11\/09\/russia-says-its-withdrawing-troops-from-key-ukrainian-city\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:08:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:08:01","slug":"russia-says-its-withdrawing-troops-from-key-ukrainian-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2022\/11\/09\/russia-says-its-withdrawing-troops-from-key-ukrainian-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia says it\u2019s withdrawing troops from key Ukrainian city"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KYIV, Ukraine \u2014 Russia\u2019s military announced Wednesday that it\u2019s withdrawing from the only Ukrainian regional capital it\u2019s captured, in what would be one of the most significant and humiliating setbacks for Moscow\u2019s forces in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">8-month-old war<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian authorities, however, cautioned against considering the retreat from Kherson, a gateway to the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula, and nearby areas a done deal. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that the Russians were feigning a pullout from Kherson to lure the Ukrainian army into an entrenched battle in the strategic industrial port city.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2022\/11\/02\/hardened-ukrainian-brigade-sees-russian-vulnerability-in-kherson-city\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22294648365945.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Hardened Ukrainian brigade sees Russian vulnerability in Kherson City<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The soldiers of the 59th Motorized Brigade are bullish on their prospects of beating the Russians back at Kherson City.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The withdrawal from Kherson \u2014 in a region of the same name that Moscow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/2022\/10\/19\/putin-declares-martial-law-in-annexed-regions-of-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">illegally annexed earlier this year<\/a> \u2014 would pile on another setback after Russia\u2019s early failed attempt to capture the capital, Kyiv, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-kyiv-world-news-kharkiv-e06b2aa723e826ed4105b5f32827f577\" target=\"_blank\">the chaotic and hasty retreat<\/a>&nbsp;from the administrative region around Ukraine\u2019s second-largest city, Kharkiv, which itself never fell to the Russians. Russian forces captured Kherson, with a prewar population of 280,000, early in the invasion, which began Feb. 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kyiv\u2019s forces have zeroed in on the city and cut off supply lines in recent weeks as part of a larger counteroffensive in eastern and southern Ukraine that has pushed Russian troops out of wide swaths of territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recapturing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-crimea-europe-government-and-politics-990aeb315f9de76ab32ff3674c6c660c\" target=\"_blank\">Kherson<\/a>&nbsp;could allow Ukraine to win back lost territory in the Zaporizhzhia region and other southern areas, leading to an eventual push back into Crimea, which Russia illegally seized in 2014. A Russian retreat is almost certain to raise domestic pressure on the Kremlin to escalate the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking in a stern tone and with a steely face on Russian TV, Moscow\u2019s top military commander in Ukraine pointed to a map as he reported to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday that it was impossible to supply the city of Kherson and that its defense would be \u201cfutile.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5568\" height=\"3273\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22313558870446.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"A destroyed Russian tank is seen near the recently recaptured village of Yampil, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-107495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22313558870446.jpg.jpg 5568w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22313558870446.jpg.jpg?resize=300,176 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22313558870446.jpg.jpg?resize=768,451 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22313558870446.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,602 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22313558870446.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,903 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22313558870446.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1204 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5568px) 100vw, 5568px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A destroyed Russian tank is seen near the recently recaptured village of Yampil, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (Andriy Andriyenko\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gen. Sergei Surovikin said that 115,000 people had been relocated because their \u201clives are constantly in danger,\u201d and proposed a military retreat to the opposite bank of the Dnieper River from where Kherson lies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shoigu agreed with Surovikin\u2019s assessment and ordered him to \u201cstart with the withdrawal of troops and take all measures to ensure the safe transfer of personnel, weapons and equipment across the Dnieper River.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said on Twitter: \u201cActions speak louder than words. We see no signs that Russia is leaving Kherson without a fight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yaroslav Yanushevych, Kherson\u2019s Ukrainian-appointed governor, called on residents \u201cnot to give in to euphoria\u201d just yet. Another Ukrainian-appointed Kherson regional official, Serhii Khlan, told reporters that Russian forces had blown up five bridges to slow the advance of Kyiv\u2019s forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the reports of a Russian withdrawal emerged, Zelenskyy met with his senior military staff in Kyiv to discuss the situation, including attempts to recapture territory, his website reported without giving details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the largely successful counteroffensive, Ukrainian resistance fighters behind the front line have worked inside Kherson, with acts of sabotage and assassinations of Moscow-appointed officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Against that backdrop, reports surfaced Wednesday that the No. 2 official of the Moscow-installed Kherson regional government was killed in a car crash. There was no indication of foul play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kirill Stremousov \u2014 a prominent regional official who posted public updates about the war almost daily\u2014 died in the crash, according to Russian state news agencies and his boss, Vladimir Saldo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian Defense Ministry reported months ago that Saldo himself had been poisoned and hospitalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/11\/09\/long-term-assistance-command-to-oversee-training-mission-with-ukraine\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22253603101247.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Long-term assistance command to oversee training mission with Ukraine<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Security Assistance Group-Ukraine represents the Pentagon\u2019s first move to create more long-term force structure in Europe since Russia\u2019s invasion.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian military appeared to have been preparing for an orderly pullout from Kherson for months, contrasting with the haphazard retreat from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-health-business-kharkiv-0ecf19f07e3d71d9dc860e923291a01d\">the Kharkiv region<\/a>&nbsp;when the invading force left behind a large amount of weapons and ammunition. In October, Surovikin appeared to set the stage for a possible withdrawal from Kherson, acknowledging the situation was \u201cquite difficult\u201d for Moscow. Evacuations of civilians followed, as did symbolic moves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remains of Grigory Potemkin, the Russian general who founded Kherson in the 18th century, were reportedly moved from the city\u2019s St. Catherine\u2019s Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent months, Ukraine used U.S.-supplied HIMARS rocket launchers to hit a key bridge on the Dnieper in Kherson and a large dam upstream that is also used as a crossing point. The strikes forced Russia to rely on pontoons and ferries that Ukraine also targeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That disrupted supply links to Kherson and made Russian forces on the Dnieper\u2019s west bank vulnerable to encirclement. The shortages were exacerbated after an Oct. 8 truck bomb blew up part of the strategic Kerch Bridge linking Russia\u2019s mainland to Crimea, which has served as a major supply hub for Russian forces in the south.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia wanted to hold onto Kherson and other positions west of the Dnieper so it could press an offensive to other areas and sever Ukraine\u2019s access to the Black Sea. That would damage Ukraine\u2019s economy and enable Moscow to build a land corridor to the separatist Transnistria region of Moldova, home to a major Russian military base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The loss of Kherson could see painful consequences for Russian President Vladimir Putin: more criticism of Russia\u2019s military command from the country\u2019s hawks, a further decline in troop morale and stronger opposition to his troop mobilization. Abroad, China and India could see the loss as a sign of the Kremlin\u2019s weakness when it needs their support in the face of crippling Western sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other Kremlin setbacks have included a chaotic and mistake-ridden troop mobilization, a weapons shortage, inadequate clothing and other supplies for troops, poor troop training and morale, a growing international sanctions campaign against Russia, and increased Western advanced weapons supplies to Putin\u2019s enemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian retreat announcement came as villages and towns in Ukraine saw more heavy fighting and shelling Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least nine civilians were killed and 24 wounded in 24 hours, the Ukrainian president\u2019s office said. It accused Russia of using explosive drones, rockets, heavy artillery and aircraft to attack eight regions in the southeast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian and Russian forces also clashed overnight over Snihurivka, 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Kherson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president\u2019s office said widespread Russian strikes on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-putin-kyiv-martial-law-donetsk-4bca86846f073de6b1746adf9df13f14\">Ukraine\u2019s energy system<\/a>&nbsp;continued. Two cities not far from Europe\u2019s largest nuclear power plant were shelled overnight, it said. More than 20 residential buildings, an industrial plant, a gas pipeline and a power line were reportedly damaged in Nikopol across the Dnieper River from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Farther west, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Ukrainian governor reported \u201cmassive\u201d overnight strikes with exploding Iranian-made drones that wounded four energy company workers in the city of Dnipro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia&#8217;s military announced it&#8217;s withdrawing from Kherson, but Ukrainian authorities cautioned against considering the retreat a done 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