What price victory? Ukraine on the front foot

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  The Economist.

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  Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist. I'm Jason Palmer.

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  Today on the show, how Home Depot is America's housing market bellwether

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  and the supply chain choke point for cricket bats.

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  But first.

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  The latest news from Ukraine paints a brutal picture of Russian intent.

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  Missile and drone strikes on Kyiv over the weekend were among the worst of the war.

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  Yesterday, the Kremlin warned of more consistent, systematic strikes on the military-industrial complex,

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  as opposed to the many civilian targets from the weekend.

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  This is not the aggression of an invading force finishing the job.

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  It seems more like the recklessness that comes with being on the back foot.

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  Ukraine at last is doing more than surviving.

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  There's more hope on the ground than there has been in some time.

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  But if victory comes, at what cost will it come for the body politic?

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  Things have not looked this good for Ukraine for some time.

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  Oliver Carroll is our Ukraine correspondent.

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  A bitter winter has now given way to a story of momentum.

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  But as Saturday's mass strike on Kyiv showed, Russia still remains a brutal adversary.

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  The question still for Ukraine is how long its strategic reserve,

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  its people, and its resources can sustain the battle.

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