Shoigu gave the order to withdraw troops from occupied Kherson

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered Russian troops to leave the territory of the Kherson region, located on the right bank of the Dnieper. Local media report: on the eve of the retreat from Kherson, the Russian military blew up a number of city infrastructure facilities.

Ukrainian troops occupied the village of Kalinovskoye and the village of Pravdino. 50 kilometers from Kherson there are heavy battles for Snegirevka.

The head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, said that, according to the Pentagon, more than 100 thousand Russian troops were killed and wounded in the war in Ukraine. Ukraine's armed forces likely suffered losses of a similar magnitude. According to the general's estimates, about 40 thousand civilians of Ukraine were killed.