Ukraine and Russia shift fighting underground as drones dominate the battlefield
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President Volodymyr Zelensky last week praised Operation Veles, in which Ukrainian troops advanced 15 kilometres through a 1.2-metre disused gas pipeline under the Oskil River toward Kupiansk to fight Russian forces. Kyiv said about 100 Russian soldiers were killed and more than 30 captured. Russia had used similar underground routes for over two years; Ukraine is now mirroring that approach as drone warfare limits movement above ground.
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