 Reznikov says Ukraine's counter-offensive will be unexpected. Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov has signaled that the much-anticipated counter-offensive operation against Russia will be unexpected. I really hope that this will happen unexpectedly for you too, Reznikov said in an interview with RBK Ukraine News outlet Thursday. The point of a military operation is that no one should know about its start. The longer the enemy is unaware of this, the more likely it will be successful, Reznikov continued. The minister said the public will find about the operation from the media. Thanks to various resources, for example, the deep state involved in open-source intelligence, nothing can remain hidden, Reznikov said. Ukraine's counter-offensive is expected to take place in the south of the country.