 The situation, however, has deteriorated for the Ukrainians since then. The capture of Kherson in November of 22 was the high-water mark of Ukraine's progress. Since then, the battlefield situation has slowly gone Russian. Moscow has retained more territory over the past two months than Ukraine did during its entire effort last year. President Zelensky is frustrated by Russia's current operations in the Kharkiv, leading to Washington to loosen its ban on using U.S.-supplied weapons to hit targets inside Russia.