“First of all, this is a significant victory for Ukraine,” RIA Novosti quotes his answer to a question about assessing the situation in the Kherson direction.
Biden added that the United States will continue to provide military assistance to Ukraine.
Earlier, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu agreed with the proposal to organize defense in the Kherson direction along the line of the Dnieper River and ordered the withdrawal of troops.
On November 11, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the completion of the transfer of a group of Russian troops in the Kherson direction to the left bank of the Dnieper.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov recalled that the Kherson region is a subject of Russia, this is enshrined in law.