Ukraine has fended off the initial invasion in the first few months and fought a deadly battle for the city of Mariupol that ended in Kyiv's withdrawal and the capture of several thousand Ukrainian soldiers. Ukraine launched a successful counteroffensive in 2022, liberating northern Kharkiv Oblast and the southern regional capital of Kherson. Ukraine lost the battles of Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Vuhledar, and failed to achieve a major breakthrough during the 2023 counteroffensive. Russian troops are now actively advancing in the country's east and a few kilometers away from recapturing Kupiansk, the city liberated by Ukraine in 2022."One thousand days of a tough and fierce battle for our existence. For the future of Ukraine and each of us," Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Nov.

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