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For weeks, Ukraine has prepared for what has been widely billed as its "spring counteroffensive" against Russia in what many had hoped would be Ukraine's best chance at gaining an upper hand in the Russian invasion.

Western allies have spent billions of dollars shipping weapons systems, ammunition and supplies to Ukraine. Americans have trained thousands of Ukrainians in advanced combined arms tactics with armored fighting vehicles and self-propelled howitzers, along with field and medical skills. Some Ukrainian forces have even been trained to operate Patriot truck-mounted surface-to-air guided missile defense systems – something that requires advanced skills. 

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