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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUkraine appears to have secured all of Kherson west of the Dnipro but
What exactly happened to the Russian army is obscured by the fog of War.
Def Mon's dark blue only shows towns where there is geo located confirmed video evidence of liberation:
Link to tweet
Lovie777
(12,215 posts)with extreme caution because Putin can not be trusted at all. Russia ordered their soldiers to ditch their uniforms for civilian clothing. They left behind tons of mines and other dangerous items.
That said, yay for Ukraine.
littlemissmartypants
(22,548 posts)niyad
(113,029 posts)Vogon_Glory
(9,109 posts)The Russians botched their retreat, so they left a lot of people behind that a better-led army would have evacuated. Just what percentage of them are still dangerous remains to be seen.
Alhena
(3,030 posts)Not hard to evacuate troops over a river if they have a working bridge like that.
It's arguably a good thing that there was no slaughter of Russian troops on the banks of the river- killing troops trying to escape would inflame emotions in Russia. Better to just have positive tv images of Ukrainian troops being welcomed into Kherson.