INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
on Wednesday, the latest major reversal for Russia's embattled offensive in Ukraine.Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered to pull troops
Sergei Surovikin, told him in a televised meeting that supplying the right bank was no longer feasible.Margarita Simonyan, the head of the
state-funded RT network, said the retreat was a necessary move to avoid exposing Russian troops on the right bank of the Dnipro and "opening
agonize, not to thrash around in paranoia, but to draw conclusions and work on mistakes," Prigozhin said.Their reactions followedreports by
spoke at an event commemorating its 75th anniversary.Kherson city was the first urban hub captured by Russia during its "special military
operation" and the only regional capital to be controlled by Moscow's forces since its offensive began on Feb
24.Kherson was one of four Ukrainian regions that Russia declared it had annexed in September, shortly after being forced to withdraw from
swaths of territory in the northeastern Kharkiv region.AFP contributed reporting.
