Russia itself is adamant about not being at war. It's a "special operation", remember? We're trying really hard to toe the line in order not to start a third w

Russia itself is adamant about not being at war. It's a "special operation", remember? We're trying really hard to toe the line in order not to start a third world war. But we are at war. We're sending aid and weapons every day by the megatons to Ukraine. Ukrainians are fighting on our behalf, so that nuclear escalation does not happen. But as far as Russia is concerned, we are at war, and in fact Putin himself said that the various sanctions and such are "acts of war", even if he hasn't acted on it (yet).