Ukrainian officials and Western analysts remained cautious about signs that Russia was abandoning the strategically important city in southern Ukraine, unsure if Russian soldiers lay in wait.
Ukraine warns of possible Russian trap to lure troops to advance before attacking them.There has been silence from Russian commanders over what would amount to one of its most humiliating retreats so far.Speculation has swirled over whether Russia has pulled out of the strategically important southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, after photos circulated on the internet showing the main administrative building with Russia’s flag no longer flying atop it.
Previously, Russia had vehemently denied its forces were planning to withdraw from the area, one of the most important new conquests which President Vladimir Putin claimed to have annexed to Russia at the end of September.Natalia Humeniuk, spokesperson for Ukraine’s southern military command, said it could be a Russian trap.
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said he believed Ukrainian forces could retake Kherson, in perhaps his most optimistic comments on the pivotal campaign to date. Stremousov urged civilians remaining in Kherson city to leave immediately, saying they were putting their lives in danger. He doubted Russia would abandon the west bank of the river “without being forcibly pressed out”, but he also “could be wrong about this”.
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