Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced he was ordering the withdrawal of troops across the Dnieper River. Gen. Sergei Surovikin, the commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, said the troops could be relocated elsewhere. The withdrawal comes on the same day that Kirill Stremousov, the Russian-installed deputy civilian administrator of the Kherson region, died in a car accident. Ukrainian military officials said Wednesday that nearly 800 Russian soldiers were killed in fighting throughout the country over the past day. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said fighting between Russian and Ukrainian troops remained intense along the front line in the south and east.


Source:   New Zealand Herald
November 09, 2022 19:48 UTC