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Russia abandons Ukrainian city of Kherson in major retreat

Russia abandons Ukrainian city of Kherson in major retreat

MARK TREVELYAN RUSSIAN Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered his troops to withdraw from the occupied Ukrainian city of Kherson and take up defensive lines on the opposite bank of the River Dnipro. The announcement marked one of Russia's most significant retreats and a potential turning point in the war, now nearing the end of its ninth month. In televised comments, General Sergei Surovikin, in overall command of the war, reported to Shoigu that it was no longer possible to keep Kherson city supplied. "Having comprehensively assessed the current situation, it is proposed to take up defence along the left (eastern)…
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Russian forces “preparing to work under radioactive contamination” – Moscow

Russian forces “preparing to work under radioactive contamination” – Moscow

RUSSIA'S Defence Ministry said that it had prepared its forces to work in conditions of radioactive contamination after Moscow accused Ukraine of planning to detonate a "dirty bomb" - something Kyiv has strongly denied. After weeks of rising international tension following threats by President Vladimir Putin to defend Russia's "territorial integrity" with nuclear weapons, it was the first concrete statement from Moscow of a change in its forces' state of preparedness. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told Western defence ministers on Sunday that Moscow believed Ukraine was preparing to detonate such a bomb - a device using conventional explosives packed with…
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