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Today, as the world's attention has been on a war in the Middle East, has Vladimir Putin won the upper hand in Ukraine?

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To find out more, search AAT Training. For the past few months, as Ukraine's forces have been fighting a counter-offensive

against Russian troops in their country, there's this S word that Ukrainian

leaders have been desperately trying to avoid.

This past summer was meant to be one where Ukraine used Western weapons to claim back big cities,

liberate hundreds of miles of territory, and maybe even cut off Russian forces inside

the country.

So the big question everyone wants to know is, can Ukraine take back the south of the country

occupied by Russia? Is that possible?

By no means it's possible is just a question of time.

But that isn't how it's worked out.

Ukrainian forces lost up to 20% of their front-line military equipment in the first two weeks of the campaign.

And now, in America, Ukraine's biggest supplier of money and weapons, The political wins are shifting.

We have an obligation to pursue a foreign policy that advances the security and prosperity of our country.

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