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Russia 'abandons 20,000 troops' near Kherson: 'Stupid orcs' cut off as commanders flee across river in the face of Ukrainian counter-attack, governor says
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Vitaly Kim, the governor of Mykolaiv which sits on the west bank, said Russian commanders are withdrawing east of the Dnipro River

  • 20,000 Russian troops have now been 'abandoned' on west bank, he claimed

  • Ukraine has blown up all major bridges crossing the river under Russian control

  • Means Putin's forces in Kherson have no easy way of reinforcing or retreating

  • Kherson was captured by Russian forces back in March, as Putin's troops stormed out of occupied Crimea and captured swathes of Ukraine's south

Posted by: Skidmark 2022-08-16
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=641403