The Ukrainian military reported the liberation of the village of Blagodatnoe

The Ukrainian 68th separate hunting brigade named after Oleksa Dovbush published a video on Facebook confirming the capture by the Ukrainian military of the settlement of Blagodatnoye in the Donetsk region.

In the video, the Ukrainian military installs a flag on a building heavily damaged by shelling. It is reported that Russian soldiers were captured. No other details are provided.

We are talking about the village of Blagodatnoe in the Donetsk region, not far from Ugledar, confirmed Valery Shershen, a representative of the defense forces of the Tavricheskogo direction. There – to the south of the village of Velikaya Novosyolovka – fighting has been going on for the last few days, and there are reports of the advance of Ukrainian forces.

The Ukrainian military and officials practically do not comment in detail on the combat operations that are taking place at the front now and which – according to Russian representatives and many commentators – are one of the phases of the large-scale Ukrainian offensive. Blagodatnoe is the first populated point, the release of which was officially announced by the Ukrainian side in recent days.

There are also reports of the capture of another village in the same direction – Neskuchnoe.

More actively – focusing on real or imagined failures of Ukrainian forces – events on the front are covered by Russian Telegram channels. Many of them on Sunday confirmed the loss of Neskochnoy and Blagodatny. At the same time, they claim that there is no question of a defense breakthrough.

• The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, commented on reports of the attack on Saturday. “Definite defensive and counter-offensive actions are underway in Ukraine, at what stage – I will not go into detail,” Zelensky said at a press conference in Kyiv after talks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
• Officially, the General Staff of Ukraine did not announce the transition to a large-scale counteroffensive, the preparation for which was carried out in recent months. It also does not follow from Zelenskyi’s words that he is talking about the beginning of an offensive with decisive goals, and not about tactical offensive maneuvers.