Military think tank: Russia withdraws officers from Kherson

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By ANDREW MELDRUM

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s military leadership has withdrawn its officers in the Russian-annexed city of Kherson across the Dnieper River in anticipation of an advance of Ukrainian troops, the Institute for the Study of War think tank said Sunday.

To delay the Ukrainian counteroffensive as the Russians complete their retreat, Moscow has left newly mobilized, inexperienced forces on the other side of the wide river, it added.

The troop movements come as the Ukrainian military said its forces have continued their counteroffensives in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.

On Saturday, Russian-installed authorities in Ukraine told all Kherson residents to leave immediately ahead of the expected action by Ukrainian troops to take back the city. Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Russian-backed regional administration in Kherson, said Sunday that over 20,000 civilians had evacuated to the left bank of the Dnieper River.



In this photo posted by the mayor of Mykolaiv on his Telegram channel, a residential building is seen damaged following night shelling in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. A nearby 10-story residential building was also damaged. The windows and doors were blown out by debris and the blast wave, and the balconies were damaged. No victims reported. (Operational Command South via AP)


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[Historic NY]

1. Sounds like they are trying to bait the Ukrainian army.

Leave the new cannon fodder behind. We know they don't care about civilains.

[PSPS]

4. I think they're doing this in advance of their bombing the Nova Kakhovka hydroelectric dam

[Lovie777]

2. Putin careless about the common soldiers .......

that's why many have surrender, that's why many men and their families have left Russia. Putin is killing his own people as well as the people in Ukraine because of an unjust, unprovoked, unreasonable mindset of a madman.

[niyad]

3. Slava Ukraini! Thank you for the update.

[FredGarvin]

5. A few A-10's could clean up the retreating Russians.

Let Hell sort them out.

[Pachamama]

9. May the Russians all meet the Warthogs

[IronLionZion]

6. Hope Ukraine can protect the dam

They must have people ready to shoot down missiles heading that way.

[2naSalit]

7. Explosives are...

Attached to the dam itself, from what I gathered.

[CaptainTruth]

8. The ISW is a good source of info on the war in Ukraine.

On Twitter: Institute for the Study of War @TheStudyofWar

A couple recent updates:

ISW
@TheStudyofWar 18h
#Russian forces continued to withdraw from #Ukraine's western Kherson Oblast while preparing to conduct delaying actions that will likely be only partially effective.

Read the latest from
@TheStudyofWar
and
@criticalthreats
https://isw.pub/UkrWar102222

Links to maps:

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ISW
@TheStudyofWar 16h
Southern Axis Update:

#Russian forces are likely conducting a fighting withdrawal and are continuing to strike #Ukrainian positions in northwestern #Kherson Oblast.
https://isw.pub/UkrWar102222

Link to map:

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