I would say that means basically nothing. First of all, Ukraine probably doesn't want too openly involved in shooting people in foreign countries, because that can get very messy politically.
Second, even if Ukrainian special forces weren't directly involved in pulling any literal triggers they might still have done basically everything up to that point. (Collecting information on the ground picking a target, drawing up a battle plan, training some commanders, helping coordinate things...) which can technically be called "information sharing" if one wants to be coy.
Russia: Grocery stores around Yaroslavl are out of water, bread, flour, cereals and other goods after over 1,000 workers were taken away in mass raids on distribution centers and factories to collect cannon fodder for the invasion of Ukraine. https://twitter.com/user/status/1818379256122294347
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Ukraine's materiel situation is very roughly keeping up with the attrition. No more and no less. In some areas the quality of hardware is being upgraded, but at this point it looks unlikely to make a decisive difference.
While the materiel advantage Russia has could/should start lessening over time as the stockpiles are slowly but surely being emptied, it doesn't look like it's going to go away. It also doesn't look like Ukraine has or will have enough hardware for major breakthroughs to be likely.
This isn't really anything new and doesn't mean the war is unwinnable. It means that every weapons shipment and economic support package is still extremely important, and that the likely reason for a "battlefield decision" would be the result of one side suffering either a morale or economic collapse.
Given that Putin has only hardened in his demands lately, a peace deal isn't really on the table either. We are fully locked in on attritional war, for now at least.
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Ukraine's materiel situation is very roughly keeping up with the attrition. No more and no less. In some areas the quality of hardware is being upgraded, but at this point it looks unlikely to make a decisive difference.
While the materiel advantage Russia has could/should start lessening over time as the stockpiles are slowly but surely being emptied, it doesn't look like it's going to go away. It also doesn't look like Ukraine has or will have enough hardware for major breakthroughs to be likely.
This isn't really anything new and doesn't mean the war is unwinnable. It means that every weapons shipment and economic support package is still extremely important, and that the likely reason for a "battlefield decision" would be the result of one side suffering either a morale or economic collapse.
Given that Putin has only hardened in his demands lately, a peace deal isn't really on the table either. We are fully locked in on attritional war, for now at least.
This way was never going to end because of a tactical breakthrough. It is/was always going to be because of a politically untenable situation on one side or the other.
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SitRep - 02/08/24 - Another S-400 complex destroyed in occupied Crimea? An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Overnight, Ukraine struck occupied Crimea, reportedly destroying S-400 launchers and a radar south of Sevastopol.
I’m not sure if the Kiev post is a reliable source, but good news if true.
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine conducted a significant operation in the temporarily occupied Crimea early morning on Saturday, August 3, successfully targeting a Russian kilo-class submarine capable of deploying Kalibr cruise missiles and four S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems.
Russians report that a Ka-52 attack helicopter was shot down in the Kursk region. This confirmation comes on top of previous rumors. Additionally, the pilot was killed. https://twitter.com/user/status/1820865429809852690
The russian Federation celebrates the liberation of Kursk and Belgorod by Ukrainian troops with explosions and fires at the refinery in the Komi Republic russian employees have already fled https://twitter.com/user/status/1820789012669374498
Russians are reporting in the Kursk insertions claiming that The Kursk Nuclear Power Plant is about to fall into the hands of Ukrainians. Meanwhile amid reports of "a sabotage and reconnaissance group breaking through into the Kursk region", local residents are being called and asked to evacuate immediately https://twitter.com/user/status/1820846437887852557
Russia: 2 drones struck the 500 kV Kuban electrical substation at night. Built in 2010, the facility supplied electricity to 2.5 million residents in Krasnodar region. https://twitter.com/user/status/1820708325560123753
Ukrainian special forces of the Security Service of Ukraine continue to destroy Russian equipment and infantry Yes, in the last week it was impressed:
21 tanks 34 Armored Fighting Vehicles 36 artillery systems and MLRS 316 vehicles 24 UAVs and 43 communication antennas 158 enemy positions and fortifications 4 warehouses with ammunition and 3 warehouses with fuel and lubricants https://twitter.com/user/status/1820838474867462578
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