Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malijar wrote on Telegram of "offensive actions" in some sectors of the front. According to the report, there had been territorial gains near the destroyed city of Bakhmut.
Russia had announced in the morning that it had repelled a large-scale offensive by Ukraine in the Donbass. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video message that he was pleased with the news "we have been waiting for" The most important thing is not when it starts, but that it ends with a Ukrainian victory, Kuleba is quoted as saying.