to try to gauge the mood there. you can t drive into kherson from here because there is a front line in the way, and even if you could, the russians don t allow independentjournalists to operate there. so we have to try to piece together what is happening in a city that is, to all intents and purposes, cut off from the outside world. in mykolaiv, i met a ukrainian special forces officer who runs what he calls partisan warfare in kherson. he did not want to show his identity. he said harassing the occupiers does not just mean killing them. translation: the more effective it is, the - worse it is for them. it makes them live in constant tension, constant fear. that is our goal, our task. it makes them think, we don t want to conquer, we want to go back to russia. some ukrainians under
anti government protesters. and the bronze statues from ancient italy perfectly preserved in the mud and hot springs of a spa. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. just weeks after president putin announced he was annexing kherson and said that it would be forever russian, moscow has said it s pulling its troops out of the ukrainian city. kherson is the only provincial capital russia has managed to capture since the start of its invasion. but over the past weeks ukraine has been conducting a counter offensive to push the occupiers out of the area. the commander of russian forces in ukraine called the pullout a difficult decision. the bbc s international editor jeremy bowen sent this report from the ukrainian front line.
advancing towards the city. russian troops will now regroup on the other side of the dnipro riverfrom kherson. our international editorjeremy bowen, camera journalist fred scott and producer kathy long sent this report from the frontline. for days now, ukrainian soldiers on the kherson perimeter have been dismissing reports that the russians were going to pull back. when we visited a mobile unit on the flatlands between kherson and mykolaiv the closest ukrainian controlled city the soldiers said they wouldn t believe the russians were leaving until they could see them go. leaving kherson would be a devastating defeat for russia it was their biggest single prize since they invaded in february. in moscow, general sergey surovikin, commander of russian forces in ukraine, made the announcement.
more legendary driver. just weeks after president putin announced he was annexing kherson and said that it would be forever russian, moscow has said it s pulling its troops out of the ukrainian city. kherson is the only provincial capital russia has managed to capture since the start of its invasion. but over the past weeks ukraine has been conducting a counter offensive to push the occupiers out of the area. the commander of russian forces in ukraine called the pullout a difficult decision. the bbc s international editor jeremy bowen sent this report from the ukrainian front line. for days now, ukrainian soldiers on the kherson perimeter have been dismissing reports that the russians were going to pull back. when we visited a mobile
were leaving until they could see them go. between kherson and mykolaiv the closest ukrainian controlled city the soldiers said they wouldn t believe the russians were leaving until they could see them go. leaving kherson would be a devastating defeat for russia in moscow, general sergey surovikin, commander of russian forces in ukraine, made the announcement. he told a televised meeting of senior military leaders including the defence minister that russia could not properly supply its troops on the west bank of the river. translation: i understand this is a very difficult decision, - but at the same time we will preserve the lives of our service personnel, and in general the combat capability of the group of forces. ukraine s first response was to warn against premature celebrations. this week, we ve been talking to ukrainian soldiers and kherson residents to try to gauge