The withdrawal of Russian troops from Kherson, announced Wednesday by Moscow, implies the departure of the only regional capital taken by the Kremlin in Ukrainian territory.
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The Russian army announced, Thursday, November 10, having begun its withdrawal from the Kherson region to reposition itself on the eastern bank of the Dnieper river. This region of southern Ukraine is the target of a counter-offensive by kyiv forces. Franceinfo returns to the news of the day on the front of the war in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian army says it has taken over twelve localities in the Kherson region
The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, Valery Zalouzhny, announced on Telegram that“during the previous day, units of the Defense Forces advanced 7 kilometers, taking control of six settlements in the direction of Petropavlivka-Novoraysk”. He also added that the Ukrainian army had also taken over “the control of six localities in the direction of Pervomaiske-Kherson”a total of more than 260 square kilometers. The Russian army has announced that it has begun its withdrawal by moving its troops from the right (western) bank, where the city of Kherson is located, to the left bank of the Dnieper River, a natural obstacle theoretically easier to defend.
Vladimir Putin absent from G20 summit
After months of uncertainty, the Kremlin has confirmed that the Russian president will not attend the G20 summit in Indonesia on November 15-16. “I can confirm that Sergei Lavrov [le ministre des Affaires étrangères] will lead the Russian delegation to the G20″, said Yulia Tomskaya, chief of protocol of the Russian embassy in Indonesia. During this summit, the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, could speak remotely.
More than 100,000 Russians are believed to have died since February
More than 100,000 Russian servicemen have been killed or injured since the start of the invasion of Ukraine, said US Chief of Staff General Mark Milley, adding that the losses were probably of the same order on the Ukrainian side. . The figures put forward by this senior officer, which could not be independently confirmed, are the most precise provided to date by Washington. “There must be a mutual recognition that military victory is unlikely, in the proper sense of the word, to be achieved by military means”, added General Milley. He believes that there is “a window of opportunity for negotiation”.