Can Ukraine take back Kherson before Russia annexes it?

Russia and Ukraine seem to have fought each other to a standstill, and are expending increasing amounts of energy on the publicity war

Both Russia and Ukraine seemed stuck in a military stalemate in the 24th week of the war. Ukraine’s counteroffensive in the southern Kherson region made no territorial advances, and Russia’s offensive in the eastern Donetsk region seemed to have sputtered to a halt despite daily shellings, bombings and assault attempts along the entire front.

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