Although it still suffers serious attrition (mainly absences without leave), the ANSF has established control over the big cities, where most of the fast-urbanising population lives, and the main lines of communication.
Speaking on a webcast from Kiev, he said that Russian attempts to destabilise the new Ukrainian government were failing, but added there was "still a high risk" that Putin would attempt another cross-border intervention now it has established control over Crimea.
By the end of February, opposition forces had established control over large amounts of Libyan territory, encircling Tripoli, where Qaddafi remained in control but in growing isolation.
By the reign of King Kŭnch'ogo (346 375), it had established control over a region that included the whole Han River basin in central Korea.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring organisation based in Britain, said the army had established control over Hanano, which was the first part of Aleppo taken over by armed opposition groups in 2012.
In the fourteen-twenties, the English, having established control over the north of France, sought to capture Orléans and, from there, launch an assault on the southern half of the country, which was loyal to the French crown.
Rwanda has sought an area of influence in Congo's eastern Kivu provinces, partly to protect the large Rwandaphone minority but also because Tutsi military commanders have established control over lucrative mining, timber and farming operations.
IS fighters are reported to have captured a key government building in Ramadi and have established control over a substantial portion of the city, officials have said.
By AD 600 they had established control over much of what is now England, but Somerset was still in native British hands.
Turkey's military said the rebel forces, which have been besieging al-Bab for weeks, had largely established control over the strategic area around the town's hospital.
While the American officials gave no reason for the decision, they indicated that he had not established control over security forces and border crossings to justify giving him aid.
