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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 · Nov 10, 2022

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 · Nov 10, 2022

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

The Guardian - AU · Nov 10, 2022

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 · Nov 9, 2022

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 · Nov 9, 2022

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 · Nov 9, 2022

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 · Nov 9, 2022

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 · Nov 8, 2022

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 · Oct 27, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Oct 22, 2022