[News]Putin ‘fears assassination’ after bitter Kherson defeat

[FazzNoth]

• ‘Well over’ 100,000 Russian soldiers killed or wounded, US says
• Kherson retreat is an opportunity for Russia and Ukraine to negotiate peace, US Joint Chiefs of Staff says
• Russia’s Kherson retreat shows its military has ‘some real problems’, Joe Biden says
• Putin to miss G20 summit in Bali next week
• Ukraine responds with caution to Russia’s retreat from Kherson, ‘enemy does not bring us gifts’
• Putin ‘fears assassination’ after bitter Kherson defeat

 

Vladimir Putin is worried about assassination attempts, a senior political analyst has said, after the Russian president decided not to travel to Bali for the G20 summit.

Pro-Kremlin Sergey Markov said: “The reasons as to why Putin is not going to G20 are serious,’ he said. “There is a big possibility of an assassination attempt on Putin from the special services of the US, Britain and Ukraine.”

It comes as Russian troops have been ordered to withdraw from the west bank of the Dnipro river near the strategic southern Ukrainian city in what could be a turning point in the war.

The humiliating defeat for Russia coincides with an announcement from a top US army general stating that more than 100,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in the Ukraine war.

He said as many as 40,000 Ukrainian civilians have also been killed or injured since Russia launched its invasion nine months ago.

“There has been a tremendous amount of suffering, human suffering,” he said.

Ukrainian troops have recaptured their first village in Kherson after Moscow was forced to withdraw their soldiers.

A small group of Ukrainian soldiers was shown on state television in the centre of the village of Snihurovka around 55 km (35 miles) north of Kherson city, greeting dozens of residents in a square with a Ukrainian flag fluttering from a pole behind them.

“Today, on Nov. 10, 2022, Snihurivka was liberated by the forces of the 131st Separate Intelligence Battalion. Glory to Ukraine!” a commander declared as the locals applauded, cheered and filmed the soldiers on their phones.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/ukraine-russia-news-e2-80-93-live-putin-e2-80-98fears-assassination-e2-80-99-after-bitter-kherson-defeat/ar-AA13WxA2