Mainly talking about the Kyiv and Kharkiv retreats. Kherson was...

Mainly talking about the Kyiv and Kharkiv retreats. Kherson was just a strategic orderly withdrawal to more defensible positions. The wisdom of those moves was demonstrated by the utter defeat of the recent offensive by Ukraine. That offensive resulted in tens of thousands of Ukraine's best soldiers perishing against well prepared Russian defense lines. Why they tried that BEFORE they received the F16's promised I don't know.