Explainer: Why a Russian retreat from Kherson matters to the war in Ukraine


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Ukraine's president says the country has recaptured 41 settlements in the Kherson region amid a Russian withdrawal. But it's unclear how complete or rapid that withdrawal will be as sounds of explosions can be heard in Kherson city itself. Ukrainian officials said Friday that Ukrainian flags were appearing "en masse and all over the place," in the wake of Russia's retreat from the southern region of Kherson, one of the four regions in Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed in September. The months-long Ukrainian offensive to recapture the city of Kherson, the only provincial capital that has been under...