I think Ukraine doing a surprise attack into Russia is a smart play short term and a dangerous play long term but at this point they have nothing to lose.
They've been slowly but steadily losing ground to Russia for months and their counter offensive last year was such a failure and came with such a loss of life that I am surprised they didn't get rid of Zelensky. Well... Ukraine suspended elections, so I guess they can't. Anyways...
This push into Russia in a totally different area is a smart play but could end up costing them the war long term. It is clearly