"Ukrainian Special-Ops Troops Cross Dnipro River, Draw Powerful Russian Counterattack
"Ukrainian Special-Ops Troops Cross Dnipro River, Draw Powerful Russian Counterattack
Ukrainian cross-river raids with small boats over the Dnipro have drawn responses from Russian tanks and artillery. Pro-Moscow sources claim success, while Kyiv says it’s planned attrition."
Sounds like bait. Can't exploit a breakthrough until the opponent's reserves have been already deployed. Otherwise they just deploy them to your breakthrough attempt. They need to be busy.
Of course you can't let spec ops guys run around either. They'll cause problems.