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Russia says retreat from key city begun but Ukraine cautious

A Ukrainian soldier helps a wounded soldier at a hospital in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian soldiers carry a wounded soldier into a hospital in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian soldiers carry a wounded soldier into a hospital in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian soldiers pose for a photo in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Cars move in a street during a blackout in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko) FILE - Ukrainian servicemen check the trenches dug by Russian soldiers in a retaken area in Kherson region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. Ukrainian officials have acknowledged that Russian troops had no choice but to flee a key southern city, but stopped short of declaring victory in Kherson.(AP Photo/Leo Correa, File) Local residents board up broken windows after Russian shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) A local resident moves a bicycle from the attic of damaged house after Russian shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) Local residents work to clean the debris from damaged house after Russian shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) A Ukrainian artillery soldier smiles on the front line near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) FILE - A Ukrainian serviceman checks the trenches dug by Russian soldiers in a retaken area in Kherson region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. Ukrainian officials have acknowledged that Russian troops had no choice but to flee a key southern city, but stopped short of declaring victory in Kherson. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File) Ukrainian soldiers carry a wounded soldier into a hospital in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian soldiers receive first aid in a hospital in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) FILE - People with Ukrainian flags walk towards Russian army trucks during a rally against the Russian occupation in Kherson, Ukraine, Sunday, March 20, 2022. Ukrainian officials have acknowledged that Russian troops had no choice but to flee a key southern city, but stopped short of declaring victory in Kherson. (AP Photo, File) A local resident works to clean the debris from damaged house after Russian shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) A woman passes with a bicycle as a local resident works to clean the debris from a damaged house after Russian shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) A Ukrainian soldier helps a wounded soldier at a hospital in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian soldiers carry a wounded soldier into a hospital in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian soldiers carry a wounded soldier into a hospital in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian soldiers pose for a photo in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Cars move in a street during a blackout in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko) FILE - Ukrainian servicemen check the trenches dug by Russian soldiers in a retaken area in Kherson region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. Ukrainian officials have acknowledged that Russian troops had no choice but to flee a key southern city, but stopped short of declaring victory in Kherson.(AP Photo/Leo Correa, File) Local residents board up broken windows after Russian shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) A local resident moves a bicycle from the attic of damaged house after Russian shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) Local residents work to clean the debris from damaged house after Russian shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) A Ukrainian artillery soldier smiles on the front line near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) FILE - A Ukrainian serviceman checks the trenches dug by Russian soldiers in a retaken area in Kherson region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. Ukrainian officials have acknowledged that Russian troops had no choice but to flee a key southern city, but stopped short of declaring victory in Kherson. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File) Ukrainian soldiers carry a wounded soldier into a hospital in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian soldiers receive first aid in a hospital in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) FILE - People with Ukrainian flags walk towards Russian army trucks during a rally against the Russian occupation in Kherson, Ukraine, Sunday, March 20, 2022. Ukrainian officials have acknowledged that Russian troops had no choice but to flee a key southern city, but stopped short of declaring victory in Kherson. (AP Photo, File) A local resident works to clean the debris from damaged house after Russian shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) A woman passes with a bicycle as a local resident works to clean the debris from a damaged house after Russian shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) Cars move in a street during a blackout in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko) FILE - Ukrainian servicemen check the trenches dug by Russian soldiers in a retaken area in Kherson region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. Ukrainian officials have acknowledged that Russian troops had no choice but to flee a key southern city, but stopped short of declaring victory in Kherson.(AP Photo/Leo Correa, File) Local residents board up broken windows after Russian shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) A local resident moves a bicycle from the attic of damaged house after Russian shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) Local residents work to clean the debris from damaged house after Russian shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) A Ukrainian artillery soldier smiles on the front line near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) FILE - A Ukrainian serviceman checks the trenches dug by Russian soldiers in a retaken area in Kherson region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. Ukrainian officials have acknowledged that Russian troops had no choice but to flee a key southern city, but stopped short of declaring victory in Kherson. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File) FILE - People with Ukrainian flags walk towards Russian army trucks during a rally against the Russian occupation in Kherson, Ukraine, Sunday, March 20, 2022. Ukrainian officials have acknowledged that Russian troops had no choice but to flee a key southern city, but stopped short of declaring victory in Kherson. (AP Photo, File) A local resident works to clean the debris from damaged house after Russian shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) A woman passes with a bicycle as a local resident works to clean the debris from a damaged house after Russian shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) FILE - Ukrainian servicemen check the trenches dug by Russian soldiers in a retaken area in Kherson region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. Ukrainian officials have acknowledged that Russian troops had no choice but to flee a key southern city, but stopped short of declaring victory in Kherson.(AP Photo/Leo Correa, File) FILE - A Ukrainian serviceman checks the trenches dug by Russian soldiers in a retaken area in Kherson region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. Ukrainian officials have acknowledged that Russian troops had no choice but to flee a key southern city, but stopped short of declaring victory in Kherson. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File) FILE - A Russian soldier guards an area by the Alley of Glory exploits of the heroes - natives of the Kherson region, who took part in the liberation of the region from the Nazi invaders, in Kherson, Kherson region, south Ukraine, on May 20, 2022, with a replica of the Victory banner marking the 77th anniversary of the end of World War II right in the background. Ukrainian officials have acknowledged that Russian troops had no choice but to flee a key southern city, but stopped short of declaring victory in Kherson. (AP Photo, File) FILE - People with Ukrainian flags walk towards Russian army trucks during a rally against the Russian occupation in Kherson, Ukraine, Sunday, March 20, 2022. Ukrainian officials have acknowledged that Russian troops had no choice but to flee a key southern city, but stopped short of declaring victory in Kherson. (AP Photo, File) A self-propelled artillery vehicle prepares to fires near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) A Ukrainian serviceman reacts as a self-propelled artillery vehicle is prepared to be fired near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) A meat vendor uses a candle to illuminate her market meat stall during a power outage in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) A tail of a multiple rocket sticks out of the ground near the recently recaptured village of Zakitne, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. Villages and towns in Ukraine saw more heavy fighting and shelling Wednesday as Ukrainian and Russian forces strained to advance on different fronts after more than 8 1/2 months of war. At least nine civilians were killed and 24 others were wounded in 24 hours, the Ukrainian president's office said. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) FILE - Russian soldiers guard an area as a group of foreign journalists visit in Kherson, Kherson region, south Ukraine, May 20, 2022. Russia’s military has announced that it’s withdrawing from Ukraine's southern city of Kherson and nearby areas. That would be another in a series of humiliating setbacks for Moscow’s forces in the 8-month-old war. This photo was taken during a trip organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense. (AP Photo, File) A self-propelled artillery vehicle fires near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)
Russia says retreat from key city begun but Ukraine cautious