Russia Orders Troops to Leave Ukrainian City of Kherson
- Retreat is major setback for Putin amid Ukraine’s advance
- Withdrawal is latest defeat for Russia in 9-month-old invasion
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Russia ordered its troops to leave Ukraine’s city of Kherson, the first major regional center seized in its invasion, in a highly symbolic setback for President Vladimir Putin.
With Kyiv’s forces pressing their counteroffensive in the region bordering occupied Crimea, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in a televised briefing Wednesday ordered the troops to withdraw from the western bank of the Dnipro River and move to the other shore.