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Dangerous days ahead as Ukraine awaits weapons and Russia seizes advantage on front line

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The lack of military hardware and ammunition is not Ukraine’s only problem; the shortage of manpower is a much more acute challenge.

The lack of military hardware and ammunition is not Ukraine’s only problem; the shortage of manpower is a much more acute challenge.

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Ukraine’s top military commander has admitted that his troops are losing ground to advancing Russian forces in the eastern part of the country.

“The situation at the front has worsened,” General Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, wrote in a post on local social media.

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