As Ukraine Retakes Kherson, U.S. Looks to Diplomacy Before Winter Slows Momentum

American arms are flowing, but officials in Washington question how much territory either side can win.

Ukrainian cities including Kyiv have turned off streetlights to conserve energy after Russian attacks on power plants. Senior U.S. officials have begun nudging Kyiv to start thinking about peace talks in the event winter stalls its momentum, following Ukraine’s recapture of Kherson in one of its most stunning triumphs of the war.

The imminent onset of winter—coupled with fears of inflation spurred by mounting energy and food prices, the billions of dollars of weaponry already pumped into Ukraine, and the tens of thousands of casualties on both sides—has prompted talk in Washington of a potential inflection point in the war, now in its ninth month.

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