Russia-Ukraine war live news: Kyiv’s forces close in on Kherson, reclaim dozens of towns in south

Ukraine predicts it will take at least one week for Russia to pull out of Kherson city; Volodymyr Zelenskiy claims ‘41 settlements were liberated’ after being abandoned by Russian troops

At a glance: what we know on day 261 of the invasion

Ukraine’s defence minister Oleksii Reznikov has said it will take at least one week for Russia to pull out of Kherson city.

Russia still has 40,000 troops in the region and intelligence showed its forces remained in and around the city, Reznikov said in an interview with Reuters on Thursday.

It’s not that easy to withdraw these troops from Kherson in one day or two days. As a minimum, [it will take] one week.”

Today we have good news from the south,” the Ukrainian president said. “Forty-one settlements were liberated.”

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