Ukrainian special ops assault Russian trench system

Ukrainian SOF has approached from the rear to the enemy’s positions on Southern direction and destroyed 10 russian occupiers. pic.twitter.com/cp5nX5WChs

— SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES OF UKRAINE (@SOF_UKR) June 19, 2023

Interesting. I wonder if Western special ops would do this type work. To be honest I hope not. I would expect them to be carrying out deep attacks, destroying depots far behind the frontlines, guiding missile strikes etc.

Everyone is searching for lessons from this war.  Is one of them that Special Ops takes a back seat to conventional forces on this big stage?

Lastly I have to wonder if US special ops in particular has seen an erosion of certain skill sets during the last 20 years.

Everything became raids, raids and more raids.  Except for the Rangers and MARSOC (being the designated raid units) the rest of the community has (or had) well defined roles without much overlap.  That changed, will it change back now that peer vs peer conflict is here?