The Russian military conducted the retreat in an organized fashion and took most of its equipment.
Russian soldiers abandoned arsenals of ammunition and war vehicles while fleeing Izyum
"Defeat is never good for morale, but the situation in Kherson was different from Izyum and Lyman," Kofman said."It was an organized retreat, not a rout as we saw in Izyum, with high casualties, and stores of equipment abandoned. Russia appears to have withdrawn the bulk of their remaining forces and equipment."
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