Surprise is still important.
Ukrainians have achieved surprise - major 2 min Bde incursion with AD assets and more.
- No consensus as to the goal at this point
-- is it to seize land, is it to seize the NPP (now less than 20km from UKR lines), is it a major morale booster, is it also to force Russia to shift forces out of the Donbas.
But it is deeper and bigger than anyone outside of the Ukraine expected.
He was cautious - as was Andrew on the map above not to join some on Social Media who are calling it a Corps sized invasion.