Russia’s Partial Exit From Kherson a ‘Pre-Emptive Maneuver to Save Lives’, Analyst Says

The “difficult decision” to withdraw from parts of Kherson, announced by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu after a report from General Sergei Surovikin, had come amid intelligence that Kiev was planning a massive missile attack on the Kakhovskaya Dam, along with indiscriminate artillery strikes against the city of Kherson and its population.