Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar asked fellow citizens to remain silent on the issue of informing about the course of the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of the Republic (AFU). She published the corresponding video in her Telegram channel.

The published video says that "plans love silence", and the offensive of the Ukrainian troops "will not start on social networks."

On June 5, Malyar reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had launched a counteroffensive. According to her, the Ukrainian military is trying to conduct offensive operations in several sectors of the front, and the direction of Artemovsk (the pre-revolutionary name adopted in Ukraine - Bakhmut) should become their epicenter.