 The first phase of the Ukrainian counter-offensive began. The first phase of the Ukrainian counter-offensive has already begun. At this stage, frontline reconnaissance is involved, which enters the Russian rear to a depth of 30 kilometers. This was stated by military expert Roman Svitan. He noted that the active operations of the Ukrainian army intelligence began immediately after Easter when greenery began to actively bloom in the south. Scouts operate in the Russian rear collecting information needed to plan offensive operations and strike at key targets of the occupiers. Directly in the Kursan region, army intelligence could indeed land on the left bank of the Nipah as previously reported. This landing could be a preparation for the creation of a bridgehead before the counter-offensive itself, Svitan believes. The expert emphasises that the bridgehead will not necessarily be exactly where the activity of Ukrainian intelligence is now noticed. The final decision will be made later and the scouts themselves enter the occupied territory wherever they can enter and complete a combat mission. Along the entire front line from the Kinburn Spit to the Kupyansk, everywhere our scouts operate at a depth of up to 30 kilometers, Svitan explained. The expert emphasises that this cannot yet be considered proper offensive actions. They will no longer be concentrated along the entire front line but in one or two directions. According to Svitan, the armed forces of Ukraine have the strongest positions for the offensive in the Kursan-Zaparossi direction where the Russians are already pressed to the sea and have only one supply line. But the Donetsk direction is not beneficial for us, Svitan explained.