Footage shared on Telegram appears to show Russian soldiers crouching and moving through the pipeline in darkness toward the town of Sudzha, according to. In the video, the soldiers can be heard cursing and complaining about their commanders for sending them on the mission.

Ukraine’s military and Russian war bloggers say Russian special forces walked inside a gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian units from the rear in the Kursk region

Russian forces have advanced further into Kursk in a major operation to encircle Ukrainian soldiers, pro-Kremlin war bloggers said.