Update:
This should make things official...
Russian General Surovikin announces the beginning of the withdrawal from the entire right bank of Dnieper River.
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They are blowing up bridges along the Inhulets river (divides the bridge head by north and south). Some of those bridges are deep behind Russian lines.
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Fair warning: There is no possible way that they've evacuated all of those troops from the bridge head area yet.
Ukrainian forces are slowly advancing down both side of the Inhulets river with little or no (reported) Russian resistance.
Last, best count (last night) was roughly 15 to 18 Brigade sized Russian formations and an equal number of smaller formations still in the bridge head area.
The caveat here is that most of those formations were considerably smaller than their claimed strength. Most brigades being smaller than a battalion in size, some battalions down to a single platoon.
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The Ukrainian advances on the north side of the Inhulets river indicate that Russian troops in the northern part of the bridge head are retreating as well.
I expect a very large number of Russian prisoners and the Ukrainians capturing enough tanks and other armored vehicles to form up 2 or 3 new armored brigades of their own (after repairs).
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The Christmas prediction remains in place. Everything but Crimea.
