With an inconclusive counteroffensive, Ukraine looks toward an anxious winter

Funerals have become part of everyday life in Ukraine as Russia's war on the country drags on. "People are exhausted, people are tired," says Solomiia Bobrovska, a member of Ukraine's parliament who serves on the defense committee. "They feel the costs [of the war] every day." (Joanna Kakissis/NPR)

KYIV, Ukraine — Six months into Ukraine's counteroffensive this year, the battle to retake Russian-occupied land seems as frozen as the snowy winter setting in.

The heavily land-mined front line in the south has barely moved since summer. Ukraine says it has retaken less than 100 square miles of land. Russian forces are on the offensive in the east, trying to take more territory.