The Russians might have given up Kherson, but they are now just going to strangle Ukraine into submission art of war style, by just holding their positions and constantly smashing their infrastructure. Letting the European winter do the rest. Catch 22 for the west, if they respond with arming Ukraine with longer range missiles to hit Russian infrastructure, Russia will escalate with tactical nukes. That's why this whole war and the west supporting it through arming Ukraine has been pointless, in the end they can't win and all they do is increase the potential for escalation. Shitty position for the Ukrainian people.