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Nicholas Cecil

Putin’s forces ‘vulnerable’ to attack as they retreat from Kherson in Ukraine’s south, say UK defence chiefs

Vladimir Putin’s retreating forces will be “vulnerable” to attack as they withdraw across a major river in southern Ukraine with limited crossing points, British defence chiefs said on Thursday.

They stressed that the Russian president had been forced to order the retreat, giving up the key city of Kherson, due to problems resupplying his troops on the west bank of the Dnipro River.

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