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Ukraine victory as Russia orders troops to retreat from Kherson as the strategic city is impossible to defend against Kyiv’s forces

The Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has ordered all of their troops to retreat from the strategic southern city of Kherson.

Russian troops will leave Kherson “in the near future” to then take up new positions across the Dnipro River and soldiers have already abandoned key checkpoints around the city.

Russian troops have blown bridges to prevent the Ukrainian offensive from gaining more ground and capturing them as the withdraw.

In yet another humiliating blow to Vladimir Putin, General Sergei Surovikin, who is leading the war has said it is impossible to defend the city against Ukrainian forces