In November, Russia withdrew from the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, a major strategic defeat for Moscow. However, the announcement of the withdrawal was made by General Sergei Surovikin, the commander of Russian forces in Ukraine. President Putin, meanwhile, was pictured touring a neurology facility and did not comment on the situation in Kherson.
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