The Estonian Defense Intelligence Center noted in its review on Friday that, in the last week, there have been only negative developments on the battlefield for Ukraine.

Rebo said this is true because there are difficult and fiery times at the front.

"We understand that there is urgency in light of political events, and the weather is also pressing—heavy rains are starting, and Ukraine's particularly tough mud is notorious for bringing any kind of equipment to a halt on the battlefield," he told "Ukraina stuudio".

Ukraine has also given up in some positions on the battlefield.

"The reason is that Russia has employed extensive firepower, precise air munitions, and has managed — albeit at a high cost in losses — to push Ukrainians out of certain areas on a tactical level. /.../ Ukrainians have launched a series of successful counterattacks, but not everywhere, and some positions have been lost for now," the colonel said.

But, at the same time, the victories of the Russian army are of local importance, he added.

"Typically for the Russian armed forces, they tend to announce victories in villages that are still under Ukrainian control. Throughout the war, we have seen cases where a settlement was supposedly 'captured' about 14 times. Even today, we see villages on their list that were reported as taken a week ago," Rebo said.

He disagreed with the claim that the Ukrainians' successful attacks on Russian ammunition depots have not produced results on the battlefield.

"The impact has indeed reached the front line, as thankfully, we'll never fully know the horrors that were prevented as a result. We do know that this depleted operational-level ammunition reserves, giving Ukrainians additional days to prepare their defenses somewhere in Kursk," he said.

At the same time, this has not stopped Russia's war machine, Rebo told the show.

"However, the monstrosity known as the Russian war machine is so vast that some setbacks do not mean that operations on the ground will come to a halt," he added.

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