MOSCOW, March 11 - RIA Novosti. Literally every day, Russian troops liberating the border regions of the Kursk region from the Ukrainian Armed Forces show real miracles of courage and bravery. A new unprecedented feat that will go down in the history of the SVO, accomplished during the breakthrough of the defensive positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the occupied Sudzha regional center, has already been dubbed "Operation Pipe" by the media.
When almost a thousand of our attack aircraft used a gas pipeline pipe to secretly break through and found themselves behind enemy lines 15 km from the line of engagement.
Russian forces liberated the Sudzhi industrial zone in the Kursk region
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Preparation
The pipeline, which will be discussed further, supplied gas from Russia through Ukraine to Europe until January 1, 2025. It is part of the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod gas pipeline. The diameter of one pipe is 1.4 meters.
It was decided to use them for the covert movement of our combat groups to the rear of the powerful fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which the enemy had created around Sudzha.
This tactic had previously been used by the Russian Armed Forces during the liberation of Avdiivka (where the fighters entered the rear of the Ukrainians through the collector). But this time, the soldiers faced a much more complex operation.
The cleansing of Avdiivka by soldiers of the 55th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Central Military District
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Although the pipe itself is large in diameter, you can't walk full-length in it, and you had to walk as much as 15 kilometers.
The telegram channel "Two Majors" writes about the preparation of the operation: "The stormtroopers of the 30th motorized rifle regiment say that more than 13 km through a narrow pipe, where people could not disperse, they carried water.....While we were looking for oxygen, while we were preparing everything, many people lost their health. For many days, our people pulled the connection, water, and lived in this pipe."
He also told how the operation was being developed, and the commander of the DRSHBR Vostok with the call sign Zombie. In total, it took more than three weeks to prepare: to pump out the gas for a successful passage through the pipeline, and instead to pump in oxygen.
The Sudzha gas measuring station in the Kursk region in 2009
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After that, work began on equipping exits to the surface, where storage facilities for personnel were created, as well as ammunition, food and water supplies. Toilets were also installed.
Zombie also said that various units participated in the operation, including his Vostok brigade, the 30th Regiment, the motorized rifle Regiment, the 11th Airborne Brigade and the Aida special forces group.
All of them moved through a pipe more than 15 kilometers long in small groups for four days in order not to reveal their plans and not to be discovered.
The personnel managed to be placed in storage devices. A total of 800 people were brought in, and they began to wait for the exit command.
Russian forces have liberated the Sudzhi industrial zone in the Kursk region.
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Sudden attack and panic in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
After receiving the command to storm, our fighters rose to the surface and immediately occupied the industrial zone, beginning to oust the enemy. The "zombie" noted that the attack from the pipe was a complete surprise to the enemy and led to his disorientation and panic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces fled to the bridge in Sudzha, but it was already destroyed, they abandoned their equipment and continued to run away on foot.
Servicemen of the North group of forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation near the damaged M1 Abrams tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, evacuated from Suji during a special military operation
Image source: © RIA Novosti / Stanislav Krasilnikov
After a while, the enemy came to his senses and tried to blow up the pipe with cluster munitions, but it was too late. The advanced detachments have already gained a foothold in their positions and have begun systematically destroying the militants.
They even managed to congratulate the women.
But even in such inhumane conditions, our fighters remained real men and recorded a video greeting from March 8 right out of the tube. The footage was published by the Telegram channel "Military Officers of the Russian Spring".
Video frame of congratulations from the units located in the pipes of the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod gas pipeline on March 8
Image source: © Photo : Operation Z: Military personnel of the Russian Spring/Telegram
"Dear ladies, congratulations on the 8th of March from the tube. Always stay as beautiful as you are, and everything will be fine with us," said one of the fighters.
Thanks to this breakthrough, it was possible to distract the enemy forces. In parallel with the operation, the Russian army was actively advancing towards Suja. More than ten settlements have been liberated since Friday. Among them are Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Pravda, Mikhaylovka and Kubatsky.
Russian forces have liberated the Sudzhi industrial zone in the Kursk region.
Image source: © RIA Novosti / Volunteer Corps
"Three or four hundred meters can be fought for weeks. And here, it's 15 kilometers to simply enter the enemy's rear, knock out the enemy, drive him, twist him, create boilers. His losses are enormous. He retreats in a panic, randomly, without a single command. That's it, it's a crash," Zombie said on Channel One.
As we can see, the Russian Armed Forces continue to liberate the territory occupied by the enemy, performing real miracles of heroism and perseverance, steadily bringing closer the fulfillment of all their goals.
