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Russian Troops Again Use Gas Pipeline to Sneak Into Ukraine, ISW Says
UNITED24 Media • • world
Key Points:
- Russian forces have resumed infiltration attempts into Ukraine’s northern Sumy region via the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhhorod gas pipeline, conducting at least two missions recently but failing to secure territorial gains.
- Ukrainian forces successfully repelled these infiltrations, killing dozens of Russian soldiers, including 29 during an assault near Mala Korchakivka, north of Sumy.
- The use of underground pipelines as covert routes by Russian troops is a recurring tactic, previously observed in Avdiivka, Kursk, and Kupiansk operations.
- Along the northeastern front, Russian advances were reported in Vovchansk, Kharkiv region, but claims of capturing Pilna and Novooleksandrivka were unsubstantiated, with Russian positions still some distance from these locations.
- In the Donetsk region, Ukraine’s Third Army Corps reclaimed 125 square kilometers in Operation Vivaldi, employing advanced drone and unmanned ground vehicle tactics to enhance infantry assaults behind Russian lines.
