Russia may be preparing to retreat from the southern city of Kherson, Western analysts say, but Ukraine’s president warned of possible destruction of a dam upstream.
The next six weeks, before fall mud spreads, could allow Ukraine’s military to press forward in the Donbas and potentially retake Kherson, American officials said. But Russia may not be deterred.
The stepped-up attacks on cities, including through the heavy use of Iranian-made exploding drones, threaten a new sort of humanitarian crisis for Ukrainians this winter.
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