Ukrainian outlet DeepState reports that Russian forces are using a gas pipeline to move through the outskirts of Kupiansk, with specialized vehicles allowing them to traverse the pipelines over a four-day journey.
Russian Movement via Gas Pipeline
According to the Ukrainian channel DeepState on Telegram, Russian forces are utilizing an entry point of the gas pipeline in the village of Liman Pershy within the Kharkiv region. The statement reads: “Movable arrangements are made by using specially designed chairs on wheels, as well as electric scooters in areas where the height allows for it.” This route takes them approximately four days to navigate to the outskirts of the city Kupiansk.
Operation “Torrent”
DeepState also notes that this is not the first time Russian forces have employed this method. At the beginning of March, Russia conducted an operation called “Torrent,” which involved relocating several hundred soldiers to the rear of Ukrainian positions in the Kursk region. The Russian armed forces used a pipeline of the inactive gas pipeline Urengoj-Pomary-Uzhhorod to facilitate the movement.
Ukraine-Russia War Developments
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky reported on Friday that the Russian offensive near Sumy in the north of the country has been halted. “As of today, we can state that the Russian offensive operation in Sumy has been entirely thwarted by our forces,” Zelensky wrote in a Telegram post following a conversation with the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, General Oleksandr Syrskyi. The President added that the battles in the border regions of the Sumy region continue, but the Russian grouping has lost offensive capabilities due to the losses incurred. Ukraine continues its active counteraction to Russian attempts to attack the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
