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Russia has the upper hand in all directions of its special military operation in Ukraine, while also sucessfully repelling the Ukrainian incursion into its borderline region of Kursk, the La Repubblica newspaper’s military columnist Gianluca De Feo wrote.

"Reports are fragmented, so it is yet unclear whether those are separate missions or the start of a major offensive aimed at driving Ukrainians out of the Russian territory. <…> Russian troops are steadily advancing along the entire frontline in Donbass, isolating pockets of resistance," he said.

De Feo wrote that Russia has superiority in numbers, while many Ukrainian recruits did not even have the time to complete their basic training course before being sent into battle. The columnist also noted that the shortage of weapons has been so acute that Ukrainians "had to use US-made M101 cannons that date back to 1945.