<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The Russian Defence Ministry has announced that Russian forces are being moved out of the Kherson Region to the other side of the Dnipro river.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In his daily briefing to journalists, defence ministry spokesperson Lt-General Igor Konashenkov mentioned briefly that the withdrawal was taking place - but did not use the word 'withdrawal', opting instead for "manoeuvre".</div><div><br></div><div>“Russian units are carrying out a manoeuvre to pre-prepared positions on the left bank of the Dnipro river in strict accordance with the approved plan,” in the Mykolaiv-Krivyi Rih direction, he said, referring to the area around Kherson.</div><div>No further details were given and no pictures of troops ‘manoeuvring’ accompanied the announcement. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>