The expert recalled the crossing of the Dnieper in 1943. Forcing the Dnieper is not considered. According to military expert Oleg Zhdanov, forcing a water
Russia s military said Wednesday it will withdraw from the only Ukrainian regional capital it captured, but Kyiv was skeptical and an analyst warned this could be a ruse to lure the country s forces into a deadly trap. A forced pullout from the city of Kherson would mark one of Russia s worst setbacks in the 8-month-old war.