EXPLAINER: What would retreat from Kherson mean for Russia?

By The Associated Press

Ukrainian forces pressing an offensive in the country’s south have zeroed in on Kherson, a regional capital that was seized by Russia in the early days of the war. Losing the key city on the Dnieper River would deal another humiliation to Moscow after a string of battlefield defeats and other setbacks in its invasion of Ukraine. That would further corner Russian President Vladimir Putin. Relentless Ukrainian attacks have disrupted supply routes to Kherson and left Russian troops on the west bank of the river vulnerable to encirclement. The Kremlin-installed regional administration advised all civilians on Saturday to leave Kherson immediately because of “an increased danger of massive shelling of the city.”