<p class="content-excerpt">This comes shortly after the death of Moscow-installed deputy head of Ukraine's southern Kherson region</p> <div class="components"> <p>Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered a military withdrawal from Ukraine's Kherson city, announced Wednesday.&nbsp;</p> <p>"Begin to pull out troops," Shoigu said during a televised meeting.&nbsp;The commander of the Russian troops in&nbsp;<a class="link" title="https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/ukraine-conflict" href="https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/ukraine-conflict" _mce_href="https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/ukraine-conflict">Ukraine</a>, Sergei Surovikin, proposed organizing defense along the left bank of the Dnipro river, with Shoigu agreeing.</p> <p>However, Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhaylo Podolyak said shortly after that Kyiv saw "no signs" that Russian forces are withdrawing from the southern city.</p> <p>"We see no signs that Russia is leaving Kherson without a fight," Podolyak wrote on Twitter, suggesting the announcement could be a ploy and calling the order from Russia's defense minister a "staged TV statement."</p> </div>