Daily Memo: Russia Pulls Out of Kherson

The withdrawal from the strategic city is a serious setback for Moscow.

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Russian retreat. Russia’s Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday that its troops would withdraw from the Ukrainian city of Kherson, saying the move was necessary because of Ukraine’s encirclement and constant shelling of Russian forces there. Russian troops will retreat to the left bank of the Dnieper River after evacuating more than 115,000 residents from Kherson […]

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