❗️ WP: It would take a year to regain lost territory in Kursk Region Such is the disappointing prognosis for #Russia from Sergei Markov, a Kremlin-connected political analyst. Although Russia has more airpower than Ukraine, Moscow's recent military operations in Kharkiv and Donbass have shown that it is extremely difficult to take territory where defences have been entrenched. "If they act at the same speed as Russia is attacking elsewhere, it could take a year to retake Kursk region," Markov said about the AFU offensive.