Day 628 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Ukrainian Coordinated Attack on ‘Nord Stream’

Day 628 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

• Is there a retreat of the Russian army in southern Ukraine?
• Training of Ukrainian pilots for F-16 fighters begins in Romania
• "Washington Post": Ukrainian serviceman coordinated attack on "Nord Stream"
• Zelensky thanked the partners who helped Ukraine with air defense systems
• Kyiv: Explosion killed three Russian officers in Melitopol
• Ukrainian political scientist: Zaluzhnyi's "dismissal" and calls for elections in 2024 are a political disgrace
• Kyiv may receive F-16 fighter jets as early as this winter
• State media in Moscow published information about regrouping of Russian troops east of the Dnieper River, then took it down
• Ukrinform: Ukrainian president's chief of staff arrived in the US to discuss Zelensky's peace formula and defense strengthening
• Sergey Lavrov described the rhetoric of European leaders on Ukraine's accession to the EU as a "game"

Is there a retreat of the Russian army in southern Ukraine?

Is there a retreat of the Russian army in southern Ukraine? A series of publications and a statement from the Kremlin have given rise to speculation in this direction.

Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on reports that the Ukrainian army had crossed the Dnieper River and was now on the Russian-occupied east bank. If this turns out to be true, it would be a huge success for the Ukrainian counteroffensive that began in early summer.

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