Russian troops have been ordered to withdraw from the western bank of the Dnipro River in Ukraine's Kherson region.
In televised comments, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said it is no longer possible to supply Kherson city and other parts of the west bank, proposing instead that defensive lines be taken up on the river's eastern bank.
The announcement marks one of Russia's most significant retreats - Kherson city was seized by Russia early in the war and is the only regional capital the country has taken during the conflict, which is almost nine months old. The region was annexed in September, along with three other parts of Ukraine - Luhansk, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia.
Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said a number of times that the return of all occupied territory is a condition for any peace talks with Russia. But Russia is unlikely to relinquish its claim to the four regions, or to Crimea, which it took in 2014.
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