If what the article says is true, then Ukrainian citizens working outside the chain of command committed a criminal act on the EEZ of two European countries. Nothing more, nothing less.
On top of that, military operatives going against the wishes of their commander-in-chief and hiding their actions from him wouldn’t be an act of war, it would be an act of treason (against Ukraine in this case).
If what the article says is true, then Ukrainian citizens working outside the chain of command committed a criminal act on the EEZ of two European countries. Nothing more, nothing less.
On top of that, military operatives going against the wishes of their commander-in-chief and hiding their actions from him wouldn’t be an act of war, it would be an act of treason (against Ukraine in this case).