Ukraine's Khartia goes full Metro 2033 in wild 15 km pipeline raid
Russian troops wanted to sneak through industrial pipes near Kupiansk. Ukrainian defenders saw the scheme, mastered the subterranean route first, and surfaced deep behind enemy lines.
Russian troops figured out they could bypass front lines by crawling through industrial gas pipelines around Kupiansk. It was supposed to be a sneaky rear flank. There was just one tiny miscalculation: Ukrainian defenders spotted them scouting the tunnels, studied their moves, and simply decided to do it better.
Enter Operation Veles. Assault units from the Khartia corps, joined by intelligence teams and drone pilots from Achilles, geared up for tight, pitch-black subterranean combat. Ukrainian troops built custom communication lines and navigation tools specifically to march over 15 kilometers directly through cramped gas pipes deep into the Russian rear.
Imagine chilling in what you assumed was a secure staging area miles behind the trench lines, only to have Ukrainian assault squads pop out of utility shafts beneath your feet while strike drones slam down from above. The surprise party ended with over 100 Russian casualties and more than 30 prisoners hauled out from behind their own lines.
Trying to execute stealth sewer tactics against the people who actually know the industrial grid was never going to end well.
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