November 11 will go down in the history of Ukraine as proof of the extraordinary courage and strength of the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to Western publications.
The Ukrainian army has entered Cherson after Russia announced that all its military has left the regional center and crossed to the eastern bank of the Dnieper.
Describing the liberation of the Kherson region, Western media call the flight of Russians shameful and shameful foresee Russian President Vladimir Putin, the imminent removal from power, which actually originated even before the retreat from Kherson. The events of the past nine months could change how the president is perceived at home: not so much by the Russian public, but by the Russian elite, by the people around him, by the people in power.
A retreat from Kherson and other areas on the western bank of the Dnieper would shatter Russia’s hopes of continuing advances on Mykolaiv and Odessa to block Ukraine’s access to the Black Sea, reporters say publications ABC News.
“Kherson is the key to southern Ukraine and the dreams of the Kremlin have turned to dust,” the newspaper writes.
Reuters writesthat Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu cheerfully reports that “everything is going according to plan” and the Russian troops have already carried out a strategic maneuver with a negative offensive on the left bank of the Dnieper.
The journalists of the publication are amazed by the successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, especially considering that the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov said in an interview with the publication that the withdrawal of such a number of enemy troops would take about a week. And the high-ranking US general generally spoke for several weeks.
Edition NBC calls the retreat of the Russians shameful. The publication confirms that the local population welcomes the Ukrainian army with joy.
The retreat across the Dnieper River, which divides the region, marks one of the biggest setbacks for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has refused the biggest payback in a war he launched nearly nine months ago.
Corresponding publications SKYNews Alex Rossi says the situation is unstable, but The APU is moving fast. He claims to have seen ammunition and dry rations left by the Russians in the city. According to him, Kherson residents are in euphoria.
Politic writesthat from a military point of view the Russians had no way out and were forced to retreat. But for political reasons, this huge loss for Putin. Military analysts of the publication are confident that this will further undermine the morale of the Russians and, conversely, strengthen the self-confidence of the Ukrainians.
Corresponding air Force on security issues, Frank Gardner notes that Russian troops are deeply entrenched on the opposite bank of the Dnieper. According to him, this could mean this Kherson can expect as many artillery and drone strikes as Russia can get through its supply chain.
But if Russia’s exit from Kherson is as bad a setback for Moscow as it sounds, then there are two ways forward, Gardner suggests.
This could potentially make the wiser heads of the Kremlin look for a pragmatic way out of this quagmire they have fallen into, or, judging by recent history, it could prompt an angry and frustrated President Putin to once again punish the Ukrainians with a series of painful blows. .
How writes FT, the liberation of Kherson will give Kiev the leverage to increase the supply of weapons and ammunition, as well as financial support.
The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) recognized that the Russian troops probably retreated from Kherson in a relatively good order, and the Ukrainian troops achieved the expected success in this direction without defeating the enemy, as they did in the Kharkiv region.
“The battle for Kherson is not over, but the Russian troops have entered a new phase and are prioritizing the retreat of their troops across the river by maintaining combat readiness and delaying the Ukrainian troops, but they are not trying to completely stop the Ukrainian offensive,” the magazine states ISW extension.
Liberation of the Kherson region
Kherson was liberated by Ukrainian soldiers on 11 November. Military intelligence of Ukraine, reporting on the unemployment of the regional center, warned that all routes of retreat of Russian troops were under fire control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense also called on the invaders, who did not have time to move to the left bank of the Dnieper, to surrender for their lives.
The large-scale withdrawal of the RF Armed Forces from Kherson was commented on separately in the Kremlin. The Russian president’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said the authorities did not consider the redeployment of the occupation forces on the left bank of the Dnieper humiliating.
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