Russian troops have "destroyed multiple bridges and likely laid mines" to delay advancing Ukrainian forces upon their retreat from occupied Kherson, the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) said today.
In a televised announcement, the Russian defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, ordered his troops to withdraw from the west bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson.
War commander General Sergei Surovikin called it a “very difficult decision”, but the MoD said Russia claimed the withdrawal was due to "re-supply issues".
