Biden Aide Says Kherson Retreat ‘Extraordinary Victory’ for Kyiv
- Jake Sullivan dismisses calls for Ukraine to seek peace talks
- City had been occupied by Russian troops since early in war
A woman holds a slogan which reads as "Kherson" as people gather in Maidan square to celebrate the liberation of Kherson, in Kyiv, on Nov. 11.
Photographer: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images
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Russia’s withdrawal from the Ukrainian city of Kherson is an “extraordinary victory” for Kyiv, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Saturday.
Sullivan added, however, he had not yet verified Russia’s claims that it had pulled its forces from the west bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region, abandoning the only regional capital captured in its invasion of Ukraine.