Russian troops have advanced into numerous areas in Ukraine and recently released maps show the extent of the invasion.
An open source intelligence project called OSINT Ukraine has published a map showing Putin's forces advancing on ten villages, two of them in Kharkiv Oblast in the country's northeast, and the rest in the Donetsk and Zaporizhia regions.
Despite the ammunition shortage and the number of Russian troops exceeding the number of Ukrainians, President Zelensky's General Staff on Sunday called the situation “tense, but under control.”
The live map revealed Russia's advance towards Robotyne and Verbove in the Zaporizhia region, in addition to six villages in the eastern Donetsk region.
This comes as Ukraine eagerly awaits the arrival of supplies from the West. After much wrangling from Republicans, a $61 billion US aid package was passed by Congress and it is hoped that the much-needed boost in resources will be crucial.
Kiev's long wait for Western aid has forced Ukrainian troops to conserve battlefield resources such as artillery.
The second big hope that Ukrainian policymakers will cling to is that a new mobilization law has now come into force.
From May 18, Ukrainian lawmakers will need the new law to replenish the number of soldiers on the front line and fend off further Russian advances.
Despite the imminent arrival of aid and the new mobilization legislation, the situation is still critical Ukraine. This year alone, Russia has seized about 800 square kilometers of territory, compared to only 600 square kilometers gained in the past year.
Leon Hartwell, a senior fellow at the London School of Economics think tank LSE IDEAS, told Newsweek: “The major military discrepancies between Ukraine And Russia are eye-catching.
'Traditionally, a three-to-one superiority is considered necessary for successful offensive maneuvers, a threshold Ukraine is currently missing.”
Hartwell added: “Since last year Ukraine has been surpassed by Russia by a factor of five to one in terms of artillery and seven to one in terms of drones.
“Current conditions could be even more unfavorable. Consequently Ukraine is mainly on the defensive, but with weakened defensive capabilities.”