Russian forces advanced several km through a gas pipeline near #Sudzha, surprising Ukrainian troops in the #Kursk region. Several of the soldiers spent days inside the gas pipeline.

Gas infrastructure in Sudzha played a key role in the transfer of Russian gas to #Europe.

reuters.com/world/europe/russi…

With a shortage of armoured vehicles, Ukraine’s recent push into #Kursk was not expected.

It was achieved by using Russian tactics: looking for weaknesses and then going in with armoured vehicles. Unlike Russia, Ukraine uses highly trained forces to probe defences, Forbes writes.

forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2025…

Probe For Weakness And Then Attack Fast—The Tactics Behind Ukraine’s New Kursk Operation

Special operations forces may have assisted with pre-attack reconnaissance.

^{David Axe (Forbes)}

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