Kyiv’s Harsh Winter Deepens Gloom Over Battlefield Failures
- Fresh divisions, fading approval hanging over Zelenskiy
- ‘De-motivating’ mood a product of once-lofty expectations
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A sense of gloom is settling over Ukraine as the failure of a months-long counteroffensive gives way to the second winter since the Russian invasion.
A fierce snowstorm cut power to thousands across southern Ukraine over the weekend, while temperatures in the east, where fighting is fierce, have plunged well below freezing. In the Ukrainian public, polls show cracks emerging and a softening in President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s approval rating.