After the stunning success of a Ukrainian counteroffensive, momentum in the war has shifted to Kyiv but Russia is showing no signs of giving up.
KYIV, Ukraine — Blue-and-yellow flags were raised in more liberated towns and villages in northeast Ukraine on Monday, as the stunning counteroffensive that pushed Russia into a messy retreat boosted optimism at home and abroad over a potential turning point in the war, and renewed international calls to send Ukraine more weapons in hopes of hastening Russia’s defeat.
Amid Ukraine’s startling gains, liberated villages describe Russian troops dropping rifles and fleeing Russia appeared to respond to Ukraine’s counteroffensive with retaliatory missile strikes on critical civilian infrastructure on Sunday night, plunging several regions, including Kharkiv, into darkness as the power went out.Kremlin propagandist Margarita Simonyan, the editor in chief of the government-funded TV channel RT, formerly Russia Today, cheered the attacks, adding on social media that “electricity is a privilege.”But the mood around Ukraine remained jubilant and defiant on Monday.
Fighters came out with bread and candy bars and bottles of soda, many wearing broad grins and some exchanging chest hugs when they passed each other.
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