US president Joe Biden said that Russia’s withdrawal of troops from Kherson is “evidence” that its military has “real problems”, writes The Guardian.

During a White House press conference as midterm election votes are still being counted, Biden addressed Moscow’s decision to remove its forces from the key Ukrainian city of Kherson.

“First of all, I found it interesting that they waited until after the election to make that judgment, which we knew for some time that they were going to be doing”, - Biden said. “And it’s evidence of the fact that they have some real problems, the Russian military”.

“It remains to be seen whether or not there will be a judgment made as to whether or not Ukraine is prepared to compromise with Russia”, - he added.

Biden – who will be attending the upcoming G20 summit in Indonesia – said he and other world leaders will “have an opportunity to see what the next steps may be” regarding the conflict.