Ukraine’s Advances
Russia has suffered serious losses recently. A Ukrainian armored vehicle outside Kherson. Finbarr O'Reilly for The New York Times By German Lopez , The New York Times , Nov. 14, 2022, 6:34 a.m. ET On the offensive Russia’s retreat last week from Kherson, a southern port city that it had seized shortly after invading Ukraine, was one of the biggest setbacks yet to President Vladimir Putin’s war effort. A renewed Ukrainian military offensive has clearly put Russian troops on the run. “If you had asked a reasonable person in September what the best-case scenario for Ukraine was, the situation in Kherson is pretty close,” my colleague Julian Barnes, who covers national security for The Times, said. But the war may be about to enter a new phase, as The Times explained . The cold, wet fall and coming winter, with its freezing temperatures and snowfall, could pause large offensives. Putin seems to be counting on it to give Russian troops extra time to rebuild and regroup. Today’s newsle