Ukraine brushes off Putin’s blitz and prepares to retake Kherson

Ukrainians’ support for the war is undiminished by an air campaign against civilian infrastructure, while Russia’s war woes put it on the defensive

The Russian army’s weaknesses became clearer in the 35th week of the war in Ukraine as it became increasingly reliant on Iran for hardware, Ukrainian civilians brushed off drone attacks and Ukrainian forces took more territory in the south and east.

It was also a week in which Russian privateers upon which the Kremlin increasingly relies criticised its h…