‘We Outplayed Them’: Ukraine Claims First Underground Counteroffensive
- With no GPS, no daylight, and Russian positions overhead, Ukrainian troops pushed through more than 15 kilometers (9 miles) of underground infrastructure before emerging behind enemy lines near Kupiansk.
- The operation, code-named Veles, used concealed underground routes to bypass Russian positions in northeastern Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, according to a press release from the National Guard’s 2nd Khartiia Corps, which commanded the operation.
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- With no GPS, no daylight, and Russian positions overhead, Ukrainian troops pushed through more than 15 kilometers (9 miles) of underground infrastructure before emerging behind enemy lines near Kupiansk.
- The operation, code-named Veles, used concealed underground routes to bypass Russian positions in northeastern Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, according to a press release from the National Guard’s 2nd Khartiia Corps, which commanded the operation.
- JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.
Sources: Kyivpost