west of the dnipro river, which they would have to leave if they pulled out of kherson city. leaving kherson would be a devastating defeat for russia. it was their biggest single prize since they invaded in february. in moscow, general sergei 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 have been talking to ukrainian soldiers and kherson residents
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 unit on the flatlands between kherson and mykolaiv the closest ukrainian controlled city the soldiers said they would not believe the russians were leaving until they could see them go. they took us on a mission to attack russian positions. they guide their soviet era artillery with a commercially available drone made in china. their command car is a 15 year old bmw imported from britain. it might have been a veteran of the school run now it s on bomb runs, passing on positions from the drone to adjust the gunners aim.
the ukrainians claimed direct hits on positions in the large pocket of land russians control west of the dnipro river, which they would have to leave if they pulled out of kherson city. leaving kherson would be a devastating defeat for russia. it was their biggest single prize since they invaded in february. in moscow, general sergei 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 have been talking
welcome to newsday reporting live from singapore i m karishma vaswani. the headlines: a major set back for russia in ukraine it announces a retreat from kherson the only major city its captured since the invasion. we have to try to piece together what is happening in the city that is, to all intents and purposes, cut off from the outside world. midterm mystery control of the us congress remains in the balance with votes still being counted. a man is arrested in britain after eggs were thrown at king charles. and the bronze statues from ancient italy perfectly preserved in the mud
to ukrainian soldiers and kherson residents 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.