Definitely. The narrative here on daily news is more about Ukraine getting F-16s, the looming counter offensive, and now "bringing the war to Russia" and whatnot.
Might also be targeted towards Russians themselves. Trying to show them that they are not unreachable if push comes to shove? Or just to rub their noses in this stalled out invasion.
If Russia doesn't respond strongly to this, I wonder if we'll start to see more cross border raids that target more high value targets or go deeper into Russia.
It will force Russians to destroy their own villages to reclaim them, which is thoroughly deserved, and will cost Russia money.It's basically an SF op being advertised. Unless there is a proper objective in mind, it appears like a move to distract the Western audience from the loss of Bakhmut.