Russia retreats from Kherson. Although she assured that "she came there forever." Main

Russian troops will retreat from Kherson . This follows from the words of the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergey Shoigu. He instructed to take military equipment and personnel from that part of the Kherson region, which is located on the right bank of the Dnieper River. It is there that Kherson is located. “Get the allocation of troops and take all measures to safely transfer equipment, weapons and personnel beyond the Dnieper River,” said Shoigu.

Shoigu ordered to retreat, agreeing with the proposal of General Sergei Surovikin - commander of the Russian troops in Ukraine. On November 9, the general spoke to Shoiga with a report that was broadcast on the air of Russian television. Surovikin said that in the current situation, the full supply of Kherson is impossible and that it is most advisable to take defense along the left bank of the Dnieper.

According to Surovikin, the departure from the right to the left bank of the river will, in particular, to preserve the lives of soldiers. “For us, the life and health of Russian troops is always a priority. We must take into account the threat to the civilian population, ”Shoigu agreed with him.

Updated . The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that “he completely agrees with the opinion of Mr. Prigozhin about the decision of Surovikin” to hand over Kherson. “Having weighed all the pros and cons, General Surovikin made a difficult but sure choice between meaningless sacrifices for the sake of loud statements and the salvation of invaluable lives of soldiers,” Kadyrov wrote in Telegraph.

If Russian troops move to the left bank of the Dnieper, the entire Nikolaev region will again be under the control of Ukraine . Now Russians are controlled by 4% of this region, or about a thousand square kilometers of the territory. The head of the Nikolaev region Vitaly Kim said : “If the Russians are saying something, then they will do the opposite!”

Updated . Advisor to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mikhail Podolyak also called on to wait for the real actions of the RF Armed Forces: "Until the Ukrainian flag is fluttering over the city of Kherson, it makes no sense to talk about the retreat of the Russian Federation." With the skepticism of the announcement of the withdrawal of Russian troops from Kherson, the head of the Office of Zelensky Andrei Ermak also perceived. “Someone thinks very cunning. But we are one step ahead, ”he wrote in a telegram.

Territories under the control of the Russian Federation

As of the evening of November 9, on the right bank of the Dnieper under the control of the Russian troops there were only about 4800 square kilometers of the territory.

Of these, in the Nikolaev region are about a thousand square kilometers. In case of complete exit on the right side of the Dnieper, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will lose all the territory of the Nikolaev region under their control (now they control 4% of this region).

In the Kherson region, Russian troops will lose control of about 3800 square kilometers. The area of ​​the Kherson region is 28,461 square kilometer. Under the control of Ukraine, at the time of the announcement of the withdrawal of troops from the right bank of the Dnieper, there were about 3 thousand square kilometers or 10% of the Kherson region

Before the announcement of the departure, there were reports that the army of the Russian Federation undermined bridges in the Kherson region. The deputy of the Kherson Regional Council, Sergei Hlan, said on November 9 that the Russians blew up five bridges in the right -bank part of the region. According to Hlan, in this way the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation decided to prepare for the departure and slow down the further offensive of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces on the Left Bank of the Dnieper. The Ukrainian and Russian armies officially did not confirm bridges.

In addition, on November 9, the death of the speaker of the occupation authorities of the Kherson region - Kirill Stremuosov was announced. He held the post of deputy head of the regional administration appointed by Russia and often commented on the situation in the region. On November 9, the regional administration reported that Stremuosov died in an accident. The regional Ministry of Health, in turn, stated that there was no official confirmation of this yet. But later, the death of Stremousov was confirmed by his chief, head of the administration Vladimir Saldo.

Kherson became the only regional center of Ukraine, captured after February 24th. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation entered the city center on March 2, a week after the start of the invasion. Later there were reports that officials and security officials did not organize a full -fledged defense of the city. “I don't know why it happened. The fact that the military kept the battle around the city was 100%. But the local authorities completely abandoned the townspeople, ”said the journalist Konstantin Ryzhenko, who left Kherson six months after his occupation.

Russian officials and the authorities of the Kherson region appointed by the Kremlin promised that Ukraine would not return the city. In particular, the Secretary of the General Council of United Russia Andrei Turchak arrived in Kherson in May and said : “I wanted to say that Russia here forever. There should be no doubt about this. ” Tourchak reacted to the retreat from Kherson with a quote from the War and Peace - "It is not difficult to take a fortress, it is difficult to win the campaign."

The authorities of Ukraine promised to conquer Kherson and the entire region. Since the summer, having received from the United States, long -range Himars missile systems, the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to shell bridges in the region, worsening the supply of Russian troops. At the same time, Kiev invited the Russian troops to leave Kherson as a “gesture of goodwill” (this is how Russia explained its previous deviations during this war). At the end of August, the Armed Forces attempted counterattacks in the Kherson region, but the Russian Ministry of Defense called him a failure.

In early October, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the annexation of the Kherson region and all other occupied Ukrainian territories. But in less than two weeks, the commander of the Russian troops in Ukraine, General Surovikin, said that in the Kherson direction a “difficult situation” and that the same “difficult decisions” are possible. Then the authorities of the Kherson region appointed by Russia declared the “evacuation” of the civilian population with the right -bank of the Dnieper.

According to the sources of Medusa, by the beginning of November, the Kremlin instructed to prepare a “public opinion” for a retreat from Kherson . The Kremlin wrote manuals for propagandists, which stated that the Kherson direction is “the most difficult at the current stage” and that “Russian troops seek to preserve the lives of civilians and personnel”, while Kyiv is “ready to ditch tens of thousands of their own and strangers”. At the same time, the Armed Forces, as Medusa wrote , took a waiting position by the beginning of November, after a series of unsuccessful attacks, actually stopping the attack on Kherson.