Ukrainian soldiers specially trained and equipped to survive underground advanced 15 kilometers along a gas pipeline to secure access. The gas pipeline used by the Ukrainian military has a diameter of 1.2 meters.
The permanent threat from drones has made these alternative underground routes very interesting despite the fact that they are very narrow and sometimes dangerously loaded with gas.
This progression is part of the exploitation of underground space to confront the adversary on a new front protected from drones.
This strategy responds in particular to the difficulties encountered on the surface when the front is frozen.
A military campaign during which Ukrainian soldiers, specially trained and equipped to survive underground, advanced for 15 kilometers along this 1.2 meter diameter gas pipeline in order to secure access.
A way for kyiv to confront its adversary on a new front protected from drones, that of the underground world.
It is therefore largely out of necessity that underground space is starting to take up more and more space in the war in Ukraine.
After the clashes on the ground or the fights in the air, a new front seems to be opening in Ukraine...
The permanent threat from drones has made these alternative underground routes interesting, although they are very narrow and sometimes dangerous because they are loaded with gas.