Ukrainian command ordered to save ammunition in the Kreminna direction in order to save them for a counteroffensive, says soldier. Volodymyr Kindyuk also said that the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine themselves do not believe that the counteroffensive will end in success.

Former adviser to Leonid Kuchma, Oleg Soskin, said that Ukrainian Armed Forces are not able to attack due to a lack of weapons, personnel and missiles. Earlier, the assistant to the head of Chechnya, Apti Alaudinov, expressed confidence that the Counteroffensive would end in defeat for the Armed forces of Ukraine.