Russian troops sneak into Kursk through natural gas pipelines to ambush Ukrainian troops
Russian special forces climbed miles through a gas pipeline near the town of Suza, trying to surprise Ukrainian troops as part of a major offensive to pop out of the Kursk region in western Russia, the author said.
The trick is a move aimed at cutting off Ukraine and the United States’ moves before the possible agreement to end the war by thousands of Ukrainian soldiers before negotiations with the United States.
Ukrainian troops seized about 1,300 square kilometers of Russia’s Kursk region in August, and Kiev said it was an attempt to gain bargaining chips in future negotiations and forced Russia to move its troops from eastern Ukraine.
Russia has been urging recently to regain control of the region and has achieved some success in recent days. Friday’s open source map showed Kiev’s contingent in Kursk almost surrounded by Russia’s advancement.
“The lid of the smoking pot is almost closed,” former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in a telegram messaging service. “The offense continues.”
The EU is considering a plan of more than $100 million and increasing defense spending after U.S. President Donald Trump suspended military aid to Kyiv, raising concerns that the EU will no longer rely on the United States to protect against Russian aggression.
Ukrainian-born pro-Russian military blogger Yuri Podolyaka said Russian special forces crawled along a 1.5-meter-wide natural gas pipeline along a speed of nearly 16 kilometers, spending a few days on the pipeline, and then surprising Ukrainian troops behind near Sudzha.
Pro-Russian war blogger two professionals said Sudzha was in a major battle with Russian troops entering the area through a major gas pipeline, surpriseing Ukrainian soldiers.
A statement from Ukraine’s airborne attack force said Russian soldiers had used the pipeline to achieve a foothold, but the Russians were quickly attacked by rockets, artillery and drones and attacked the Russians.
Ukrainian troops repelled 15 Russian attacks in the Kursk region and six armed conflicts remained ongoing, the Ukrainian military said in an afternoon report. It also reported the locations of 12 Russian air strikes.
The soldiers faced exhaustion and North Korean troops, fighting for Ukraine, saying the war needed to end. The CBC news team talked to them before returning to the frontline, trying to occupy territory in the Kursk region of Russia.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said in its daily latest news on the situation in Kursk that its troops had recaptured the village of Lebevka and seized Novenke, a small village near the border of the Sumi region in Ukraine.
Moscow did not formally mention pipeline operations, but major. Apti Alaudinov, commander of Chechnya Akhmat Special Forces, reposted the image on a special forces telegram inside the gas pipeline.
“I’m really surprised by those who really think Russia might lose,” Aradnov said. “It’s a great day.”
Russian Telegraph Channel shows pictures of special forces in gas masks and lights, some of which use colorful Russian curse as they sail along the interior that looks like large pipes.
Reuters was unable to verify the reports as the battlefield reports restricted both sides.
Soviet Post-Uzhkhorod Pipeline used to bring natural gas from Siberia to Ukraine through Sudzha, but Ukraine terminated all Russian gas transits from its territory starting on January 1.
Yuri Kotenok, another war blogger, said Ukrainian troops have been moving equipment near the border Sudzha.
Russian harvest in eastern Ukraine
Moscow said on Sunday that the Russian army has made slow but steady progress in tough battles, and the Russian troops have made slow but steady progress in tough battles during the tough battles.
In part of the southern Helsen region of Ukraine occupied by Russian forces, Russian propaganda officials said Ukrainian troops launched missile strikes on the busy market in the town of Viliki Kopani. Russian news agencies quoted local health officials as saying that the strike killed one person and injured seven people.
Reuters was unable to verify the report independently.
Russia’s progress in 2024 and rising U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies on Ukraine and Russia have caused European leaders to worry that Ukraine will lose war, and Trump is rejecting Europe.
The United States suspended military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine and was caught in challenges in the face of world media after a February 28 meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
