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Russia is withdrawing part of its troops from cities on the left bank of the Dnieper opposite Kherson, the Ukrainian army general staff announced on Thursday.
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The announcement contains few details and makes no mention of Ukrainian soldiers crossing the Dnieper.
Ukrainian officials also point out that Russian forces continue to conduct intense shelling across the river and that Kherson is once again without electricity.
Since Russia abandoned Kherson last month, the Dnieper has become the southern front line.
Russia has previously urged civilians to leave the territory in a 15-kilometer strip along the river, and has also evacuated civilian occupation authorities from Nova Kahovka, which sits on the banks of the Dnieper.
Ukrainian officials have previously indicated that the Russian military has withdrawn some of its artillery from positions near the river to safer positions further from the river, but the Ukrainians have so far not reported anything that the Russians are also leaving the cities.
“It was noted that in Oleški [pilsētā iepretim Hersonai] the number of Russian soldiers and military equipment has decreased,” the statement said.
“Enemy troops are being withdrawn from some settlements of the Kherson region and deployed in forest paths near the Oleshki-Hola Pristania highway.”
Most of the Russian soldiers in the area are recently mobilized reservists, the Ukrainian military said, suggesting that the best-trained professional soldiers have already left the area.
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