Is Ukraine Turning the Tide in the War?

<p>Over the weekend, Ukraine’s military stunned the world. After months of a kind of stalemate, its military took hundreds of miles of territory back from Russia — its biggest victory since the start of the war.</p><p>How did the war reach this critical point, and what does Ukraine’s success mean for the future?</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/eric-schmitt%20?smid=pc-thedaily">Eric Schmitt</a>, a correspondent covering national security for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>A lightning Ukrainian offensive in the country’s northeast <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/10/world/europe/ukraine-offensive-izium-donbas.html?smid=pc-thedaily">has reshaped what had become a grinding war of attrition</a>.</li><li>Stunned by a lightning advance, Russia has acknowledged the loss of the northern region of Kharkiv, which <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/11/world/europe/ukraine-kharkiv-russian-retreat.html?smid=pc-thedaily">cast doubt on the premise that Ukraine could never defeat it</a>. </li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>