The frontlines are now moving at breakneck speed, as Ukrainian forces rush forwards to fill the apparent vacuum left by retreating Russians around the city. On November 10th Ukraine’s armed forces said they had advanced 7km (4 miles) along the Dnieper’s west bank towards Beryslav, liberating a dozen settlements in the process. On November 9th Russia said it intended to withdraw from Kherson city. By dawn on November 11th, it claimed, its withdrawal was complete. Has Russia lost it?

