'There are and can be no changes'

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on the status of Kherson region, the morning Russian forces finished leaving the city · 11 Nov 2022. At 05:00 Moscow time on 11 November 2022 Russia's Ministry of Defence completed the withdrawal of its forces from Kherson to the left bank of the Dnipro. Hours later the Kremlin said the region's status as 'a subject of the Russian Federation' was fixed in law and could not change. The same day Ukrainian forces entered the city. One claim, the record, and what it concedes.

Kherson's 'status', November 2022 · 6-page dossier (PDF) p.1 one-page summary · p.2 the occasion, the speakers, what others said and what was left out · p.3–3 the one claims against the record · p.4 the record side by side · p.5 the law, lines to take and Q&A · p.6 sources and method · v1 · 27 Oct 2026