Russia claims to have completed its withdrawal from Kherson

of the war in Ukraine, the frontlines have moved at a glacial pace: a kilometre here, a kilometre there. Much of the fighting has been positional: soldiers dug into trenches, exchanging artillery fire from well beyond visual range. But in a matter of days, Russia’s presence on the west bank of the Dnieper river appears to have evaporated. On November 9th Russia said it from Kherson city. By dawn on November 11th, it claimed, its withdrawal was complete. The frontlines are now moving at breakneck speed, as Ukrainian forces rush forwards to fill the apparent vacuum left by retreating Russians around the city. On November 10th Ukraine’s armed forces said they had advanced 7km (4 miles) along the Dnieper’s west bank towards Beryslav, liberating a dozen settlements in the process.