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 Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that it was “encouraging” to see Ukrainian gains, after Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu ordered his troops to withdraw from Kherson.

Speaking in Downing Street, where he was meeting British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Mr Stoltenberg said: “It is encouraging to see how the brave Ukrainian forces are able to liberate more Ukrainian territory.

“The victories, the gains the Ukrainian armed forces are making belong to the brave, courageous Ukrainian soldiers, but of course the support they receive from the United Kingdom, from Nato allies and partners is also essential.”

Why Kherson is important

Ukrainian forces had zeroed in on the strategic industrial city, which sits on the Dnipro River that divides the region and the country itself.

During the summer, Ukrainian troops launched relentless attacks to reclaim parts of the larger province.

Officials in the Kremlin-installed regional government reported that more than 70,000 residents were evacuated in late October, but Ukrainian authorities questioned the claim.

Ukrainian forces cut supply lines to Kherson city, though the Russian-backed administration had already moved its operations to the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, farther from the front line.es the Russian military with land links from Russia to the Black Sea peninsula that it seized in 2014.

Ukraine retaking parts of Kherson also brings its long-range artillery closer to Crimea.

The region includes the mouth of the wide Dnipro River and the regional capital, Kherson city, which is on the west bank of the river. It is the only place where Russia has a presence on the west bank of the river and Moscow had heavily reinforced troop numbers there in recent months.

In addition, military analyst Oleksander Musiyenko said: “It's clear the loss of Kherson and the Kherson bridgehead will have consequences for Russia's image and will be viewed negatively inside Russia.”

The retreat would represent a major defeat for the Kremlin after Ukraine retook large areas around Kharkiv in the east over the summer.

Kherson was the first regional capital to fall in Russia’s February 24 invasion and was among the territories the Kremlin annexed in illegal referendums held in September.