Attacking Russian forces in Kherson,

Ukraine claims that Moscow has not

requested a "green corridor" for
withdrawal.
By: Earl Jan B. Lim
Published: November 12, 2022, 5:50 AM

A Ukrainian serviceman speaks with a chaplain while a local resident rides a

bicycle along a street, in a village near the newly recaptured city of Snihurivka,
Mykolaiv region, on Thursday. (Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)
In areas that were recently freed during their southern counteroffensive, Ukrainian
authorities are starting the difficult task of rebuilding. To discuss "the restoration
of life in the region's liberated territories," the head of Mykolaiv's regional
military administration paid a visit to the small city of Snihurivka on Friday.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, declared Friday to be "an historic
day" after Russia announced its withdrawal from the Kherson region's west bank.
"We are returning the south of our country, we are returning Kherson," Zelensky
said.
"Absolutely everyone, from privates to generals, the Armed Forces, intelligence,
the Security Service of Ukraine, the National Guard — all those who brought this
day closer for Kherson region," Zelensky said of the military units involved in the
operation.
Officials have issued warnings to residents not to attempt a premature return
home as Ukrainian forces tighten their grip on the western part of the Kherson
region.
"In the course of successful offensive actions," according to the General Staff of
the Ukrainian Armed Forces, "advanced units of our troops have already reached
the right bank of the Dnipro river in some places. Measures to detect and
eliminate the enemy in a number of settlements continue."
As Ukrainians celebrate the retreat, the Russian Defense Ministry reaffirmed that
as of early Friday, all Russian troops had left the west bank of the Kherson region.
Russia asserts complete withdrawal: Russia once more claimed that as of early
Friday, all of its personnel and equipment had left the west bank of the Kherson
region. The defense ministry asserted that "not a single piece of military hardware
or weapons have been left on the right bank,"
Russian soldiers on the west bank should surrender right away to "avoid death,"
according to Ukrainian officials who also expressed concern that some of their
soldiers may still be wearing civilian clothes.
Officials from Ukraine have been celebrating the liberation of Kherson and the
area's west bank.
"Kherson is unbreakable! Today free people were able to come to Svobody
(Freedom) Square with the flags of Ukraine again, as it was when the enemy
captured the city," said Yuriy Sobolevskyi, first deputy head of Kherson regional
council, on Telegram.
Even though there have been no reports of Russian forces remaining on the west
bank as of Friday, Operational Command South of the Ukrainian military
suggested that the Russian withdrawal to the east bank was not yet complete.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/10/world/ukraine-war-news-
russia-updates