Hanna Malyar, Ukraine's deputy defense minister, told Le Figaro that we should not imagine Ukraine's counter-offensive as a process that would begin one fine morning at a specific hour. According to her, the offensive is already underway in several directions including that of Bakhmut, where Ukrainian troops are "advancing", "which allows a breakthrough" The deputy minister says that if Russia has the advantage of quantity, for the number of soldiers and armament, the Ukrainians have theadvantage of motivation.