The Offensive Has Begun

Russian tank somewhere in the front lines, This is an older tank with double cope cage

The Russian Ministry of Defense confirms something is indeed going on. From previous experience, things are worse for the Russian forces than they admit. So here it is, via Rybar:

The Russian Ministry of Defense denied all data about the escalation in the sectors of the front (finally, live reports of events on the fronts!).

And they confirmed the local offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “in the direction of the settlement of Maloilinovka.”

📌 Malo-Ilyinovka is located on the old maps of the General Staff 1 km north-east of Yagodnoye on the northern outskirts of Bakhmut. From the outskirts of Bogdanovka, where there was a breakthrough of the Armed Forces of Ukraine according to the Wagner PMC, to Malo-Ilyinovka — over 6 km.

Thus, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed, at a minimum, the fact of active hostilities and a strike on the flank of the group in the place that the Wagner PMC military correspondents spoke about.

Update: again via Russian channels. This looks like in at least two fronts.

Russian military commissars report that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are starting landing on the left bank of the Dnieper near Kherson.

No, we do not have too much confirmation from the Ukrainian side because they understand operational security…