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Why Putin’s retreat from Kherson could be his most humiliating defeat yet

Life, as the saying goes, is coming at Vladimir Putin fast. Having gleefully announced the annexation of four regions of Ukraine barely more than a month ago – even as his army retreated within them – the Kremlin now says it’s withdrawing from the only regional capital city it had…

The Conversation

Kherson retreat shows Russian military has ‘real problems’, says Biden, as Zelenskiy urges caution

US president points to problems in Vladimir Putin’s war machine but Ukraine president warns there is ‘always resistance from the enemy’

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 260 of the invasion

Moscow orders troops to leave Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson in humiliating retreat; Ukraine responds with caution

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Ukrainian troops reclaim dozens of towns from Russian control, close in on Kherson

Ukrainian troops have reclaimed dozens of landmine-littered settlements abandoned by Russian forces in southern Ukraine, officials said, the day after Moscow announced its withdrawal from the strategic capital city of Kherson province.

Reuters

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ABC News

Russia's war hawks rally behind decision to abandon Ukrainian city of Kherson

Russia's leading war hawks on Wednesday swiftly rallied behind the decision to abandon the Ukrainian city of Kherson, putting a brave face on one of Moscow's most humiliating retreats in nearly nine months of war.

Reuters

Russia orders troops to retreat from annexed Ukrainian region of Kherson

In a major setback to the Russian military campaign in southern Ukraine, Moscow has ordered its troops to withdraw from the recently annexed region of Kherson in the face of a spirited counterattack by Ukrainian forces.

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Russia says it's withdrawing from the key city of Kherson, but Ukraine is skeptical

Russia announced a withdrawal from Kherson, Ukraine, but the Ukrainian government said there's "no signs" Russian forces left without a fight.

WEKU

Russia orders withdrawal of troops from Kherson and west bank of Dnipro River in Ukraine's south

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu orders his troops to withdraw from the illegally annexed city of Kherson, but Ukrainian officials remain sceptical.

ABC News

Russia orders its troops to withdraw from key Ukrainian city of Kherson

Retreat was ‘not a very simple decision’, admit senior Moscow officials

The Independent UK

Russia abandons Ukrainian city of Kherson in major retreat

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday ordered his troops to withdraw from the occupied Ukrainian city of Kherson and take up defensive lines on the opposite bank of the River Dnipro.

Reuters

Russia’s war is now focused and defensive. Ukraine must prepare for a tough winter

Western-supplied artillery will make Russian troops a sitting target for the Ukrainians, says former military officer Frank Ledwidge

The Guardian - UK

Vladimir Putin sends Sergei Surovikin, who unleashed terror in Syria, to lead war in Ukraine

In deploying one of his most brutal generals, who unleashed terror in Syria, Vladimir Putin is signalling a shift in strategy for his war in Ukraine. But history suggests Sergei Surovikin could leave disaster in his wake.

ABC News

Russia hits Ukraine’s power grid, causing widespread blackouts

Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure was extensively damaged on Saturday as Russian troops delivered another large-scale wave of missile strikes, leaving 1.5 million or more people temporarily without power.

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The Guardian - AU

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Fresh wave of strikes shatters power infrastructure; Iran deepens support for Russia; how Kyiv’s statues are kept safe

The Guardian - UK

Zelenskiy accuses Russia of plotting to blow up Ukrainian dam

President says destruction of Nova Kakhovka dam would mean large-scale disaster for towns and cities

Asharq Al-Awsat

General Who Led Syrian Bombing Is New Face of Russian War

The general carrying out President Vladimir Putin's new military strategy in Ukraine has a reputation for brutality — for bombing civilians in Russia's campaign in Syria. He also played a role in the deaths of three protesters in Moscow during the failed coup against Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991 that hastened…

The Independent UK

General who led Syrian bombing is new face of Russian war

Gen. Sergei Surovikin has become the face of Russia’s new military strategy in Ukraine, which includes unleashing a barrage of strikes against the country's infrastructure

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The Independent UK

Russia Ukraine war - live: Russian missile fired near RAF plane over Black Sea

Moscow blames incident on ‘technical malfunction’

Daily Mirror

Russia 'plans to blow up dam and flood city - then blame Ukraine for attack'

The "false flag" attack would provide a distraction from Moscow's recent battlefield humiliation. Breaching the dam would also come as a blow to Ukraine's struggling energy grid, as civilians prepare for four-hour blackouts starting on Thursday

Daily Mirror

Russia's war chief 'General Armageddon' claims he's 'saving lives' with Ukraine retreat

Russia's 'deluded' war chief has claimed he is helping to save lives, while missiles continue to be launched over the Ukrainian border

Al Jazeera

Putin declares martial law in annexed regions of Ukraine

Russia’s president did not provide details of the extra powers the heads of annexed regions will have under his decree.

Daily Mirror

Russian army vows to 'fight to death' as tens of thousands are evacuated from Kherson

Kherson was the first major city to fall to the Russians at the start of the war and remains the only regional capital under Moscow’s control, so retaking it would be a huge victory for Ukraine

Evening Standard

Russia ‘evacuates’ Kherson as Putin declares martial law ahead of ‘Ukraine offensive’

The head of the office of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed the evacuation as ‘propaganda’

WEKU

Putin orders martial law in occupied Ukrainian areas as Kyiv's forces gain ground

The move signals Russia's growing frustration over Ukrainian advances in areas the Kremlin claimed to annex. It came hours after Kremlin-appointed officials ordered civilians to evacuate Kherson.

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