Russian nationalists demand 'General Armageddon' justify Kherson retreat
While nationalists initially supported General Sergei Surovikin's retreat from Kherson, he is now under pressure to prove that the withdrawal was right.
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While nationalists initially supported General Sergei Surovikin's retreat from Kherson, he is now under pressure to prove that the withdrawal was right.
Other Ukrainian broadcasters and journalists were not invalidated despite the ban.
Russian Army General Sergei Surovikin, head of the Joint Group of Russian Forces, informed Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu that over 115,000 people have been evacuated from the right bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson Region.
The retreat of Russian troops will occur sometime "In the near future," according to Shoigu, although a specific date was not yet set.
The Russian president has relied on coercive pressures to deliver the political victories that he has failed to achieve by military means.