Another day, another car bomb attack from Kiev.
The more Ukraine loses the war, the more they resort to asymmetric tactics (a.k.a. terrorism).
And yes, Ukraine is losing: check it out.
The summer illusion that Kiev was winning on the battlefield is over, with Moscow again conquering more territory than Ukraine recovers in July.
Ukrainians are afraid of the coming winter.
Ukrainian energy minister Denys Shmyhal tells Politico about the hard days to come in the winter, with power plants and the electric grid that have not been sufficiently restored.
“Putin wants to finish off our energy system and derail our economy and weapons production. […] He also hopes in winter our society will break from exhaustion, and pressure leadership to sign the surrender.”