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Ukraine forces – and Western weapons – face crucial test

A week before Ukraine’s counteroffensive began, the country’s ministry of defense posted what felt like a film trailer. The video pulsated – tanks rolling, rounds firing, missiles launching – with a chanted voice-over announcing “our decisive offensive.”

Three weeks in, that counteroffensive so far hasn’t followed script.

The Ukrainians have liberated territory, fighting at three main points across the country’s east and south. But it’s come at a slower pace, and likely with higher casualties, than expected. Early on, pictures of destroyed Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicles and tanks – supplied by the West for the fight

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