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Small wins buoy Ukraine; West says Russians losing momentum

Victoria, 7, uses a plastic Kalashnikov rifle to shoot balls at a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a street attraction in the centre of Lviv, Ukraine on Saturday, May 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A Ukrainian National Guard soldier takes a break in a house used as temporary base in a recently retaken village on the outskirts of Kharkiv, east Ukraine, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Natalia Pohoreltseva, mourns at the coffin of her son Melnyk Andriy, 23, a Ukrainian military servicemen who was killed in Kharkiv province, during his funeral in Lviv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Pieces of debris hang at the regional government headquarters of Mykolaiv, which was heavily damaged in a Russian attack, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A Ukrainian serviceman patrols during a reconnaissance mission in a recently retaken village on the outskirts of Kharkiv, east Ukraine, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)

People pass by an anti-war poster in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Small wins buoy Ukraine; West says Russians losing momentum