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In what appears to be either a trap or a major Russian defeat, invading forces are significantly less visible on the west side of the crucial city of Kherson, where the Russian flag no longer flies atop the regional administration building. Does that mean a Russian retreat in the face of an impending Ukrainian counteroffensive?

Kirill Stremousov, the Kremlin-appointed