Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner's leader, says that the Ukrainian counter-offensive has indeed begun. The leader of the mercenaries of the Wagner group admits many losses around Bakhmut.
Western experts, the US-based Institute for the Study of War confirms limited and successful counterattacks in recent days, while noting no broader advances. In Kiev for the moment, no information has filtered out. It is recalled in the capital that last September, the Ukrainian General Staff had adopted a similar strategy in Kharkiv, which led to the liberation of the region.