The Ukrainian Offensive is Likely On

Russian trophy somewhere along the line of contact

Second update on this, because it has important specifics. We have, at the very least, a local counter attack:

Andrey Biletsky spoke about the situation in the Bakhmut direction:

“As a result of the offensive operations of the 3rd Specialized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, units of the 72nd brigade of the Russian Federation were defeated, the 6th and 8th companies…