The Office of the President of Ukraine is divided on whether the counter-offensive has begun.

Xinhua News Agency, May 25, Deputy Director of the Ukrainian President's Office Rovkov said in an interview with Bloomberg on the 25th that Ukraine will begin its counteroffensive after receiving all the necessary weapons provided by Western allies. Earlier in the day, Porto Liak, an adviser to the Director of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said that the counter-offensive had been going on for several days and that a number of operations were under way.