{"id":2411656,"date":"2025-03-09T11:24:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T15:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-forces-in-kursk-near-collapse-after-russian-surprise-assault-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-09T11:26:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T15:26:23","slug":"ukrainian-forces-in-kursk-near-collapse-after-russian-surprise-assault-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-forces-in-kursk-near-collapse-after-russian-surprise-assault-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian forces in Kursk near collapse after Russian surprise assault &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukrainian-forces-in-kursk-near-collapse-after-russian-surprise-assault-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2411656&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh article reports on the precarious situation of Ukrainian \u200bforces in Kursk, russia, where\u200d they are facing a potential collapse after intensive assaults by Russian \u2063troops. These\u200c assaults have been \u200dnotably enhanced by a \u200csurprise attack wherein Russian forces utilized\u2064 a gas pipeline to infiltrate Ukrainian defenses. Following a significant territorial gain seven months\u2064 prior, Ukraine&#8217;s hold on\u200d the region is under threat as the \u200bRussian offensive continues to deteriorate their defenses and supply lines. <\/p>\n<p>russian military units reportedly executed a coordinated \u2064assault that succeeded in advancing behind Ukrainian lines, creating\u2063 chaos and leading to \u2064significant Ukrainian losses. Contradictory claims have\u200c emerged from both\u200b Russian \u200cand Ukrainian sources regarding the success of this\u200b operation, but\u200d it truly seems the\u2062 Russian \u200cforces have successfully breached \u2063Ukrainian positions and \u200bare\u200b advancing \u2063their offensive. <\/p>\n<p>the article highlights the escalating violence\u2064 in the region,\u2063 the effectiveness of the russian assaults, and the intensified struggle faced by Ukrainian forces as they attempt to maintain their strategic\u200c foothold in Kursk, which is crucial for future negotiations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ukrainian forces in Kursk near collapse after Russian forces launch surprise assault through gas pipeline<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1872971\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ukrainian\">Ukrainian<\/a> front in the Russian province of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3240818\/ukraine-struggling-hold-kursk-bargaining-chip-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kursk\">Kursk<\/a> is at risk of collapsing after days of intensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Russian\">Russian<\/a> assaults were aided by a Russian surprise attack through a gas pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>Seven months after Ukrainian forces <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-kursk-pipeline-f50051404ca607d9cadd8bc9697aa50c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"seized roughly 386 square miles\">seized roughly 386 square miles<\/a> of Russian territory, hoping to use it as a bargaining chip for future negotiations, Ukraine is now at risk of losing its bargaining chip entirely. A week of intense Russian assaults all along the line was capped off with a daring assault through a 56-inch diameter gas pipeline by Russian forces, traveling nearly nine miles before emerging behind Ukrainian lines.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3341750\/activists-vandalize-trump-golf-resort-scotland-comments-gaza\/\">Activists vandalize Trump golf resort over his comments on emptying out Gaza<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3341726\/china-slaps-tariffs-on-canada-for-leverage-against-us\/\">China slaps tariffs on Canada for leverage against US<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3341719\/south-korea-impeached-president-released-from-prison\/\">South Korea&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-koreas-impeached-president-released-from-prison-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"South Korea\u2019s impeached president released from prison - Washington Examiner\">impeached president released<\/a> from prison<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this image from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on Nov. 7, 2024, Russian Army soldiers fight with Ukrainian Armed forces in the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region of Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The soldiers used the Urengoy&ndash;Pomary&ndash;Uzhhorod pipeline, formerly one of Russia&rsquo;s main natural gas pipelines into Europe that fell into disuse after Ukraine didn&rsquo;t renew its contract in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>According to Russian military bloggers, units from the Veterans Brigade, &ldquo;Akhmat&rdquo; group, 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment, 11th Airborne Brigade, and Vostok Brigade all participated in the operation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/RVvoenkor\/87563\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Videos\">Videos<\/a> purporting to be from the operation showed the soldiers crawling through the small pipeline, with one video wishing Russian women a happy International Women&rsquo;s Day, celebrated on March 8.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#127482;&#127462;&#127479;&#127482; PIPELINE OPERATION:<\/p>\n<p>Russian soldiers congratulated women with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/12-people-wounded-by-3-men-shooting-randomly-at-toronto-pub-customers-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"12 people wounded by 3 men shooting randomly at Toronto pub customers - Washington Examiner\">international women&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s day!<\/p>\n<p>They were able to successfully ambush and sneak up on the Ukranian units!<\/p>\n<p>After that difficult special operation, the Russian fighters congratulated women from the underground -&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z6YJaTWyyL\">pic.twitter.com\/Z6YJaTWyyL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MyLordBebo\/status\/1898625159755379182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Diary of the Fighter Guards Telegram account, with sources in the Russian military, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/iamsniper\/11324\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> the units had &ldquo;completed their mission and are continuing their offensive. Everything else is rumor.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&rsquo;s General Staff confirmed the assault on Saturday, saying that Russian &ldquo;sabotage and assault groups&rdquo; had used the pipeline to gain a foothold behind Ukrainian lines. It said that the assault group was &ldquo;detected in a timely manner&rdquo; and engaged with rockets and artillery.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At present, Russian special forces are being detected, blocked and destroyed. The enemy&rsquo;s losses in Sudzha are very high,&rdquo; it said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Russian and Ukrainian sources offered contradictory reports of the operation, with Russian sources saying it had been successful and Ukrainian sources claiming it had been unsuccessful. Confirmable details suggest a middle ground, with the assault troops taking casualties but surprising and hitting Ukrainian defensive positions from the rear.<\/p>\n<p>Russia had previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/articles\/2024\/02\/22\/7443031\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"successfully utilized an abandoned service pipe\">successfully utilized an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">abandoned service water pipe<\/a><\/a> to carry out a surprise attack during the battle of Avdiivka last year.<\/p>\n<p>The pipeline attack was only one part of a much larger offensive, which made liberal use of glide bombs, first-person view drones, artillery, and missiles.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this photo taken from a video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, a Russian self-propelled multiple rocket launcher Uragan (Hurricane) is fired toward Ukrainian position at an undisclosed location in the Kursk region border area. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The situation in Kursk became critical for the Ukrainians over the past week, when Russian assaults near the border brought Ukraine&rsquo;s supply lines under the fire control of the Russian military. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/RVvoenkor\/87585\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Videos\">Videos<\/a> showed massive columns of Ukrainian vehicles along key supply arteries destroyed or disabled.<\/p>\n<p>One <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/RVvoenkor\/87591\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"video\">video<\/a> showed a glide bomb, a Fab-3000, destroying a vital bridge connecting much of the salient to Ukrainian supply lines. A traffic jam of destroyed vehicles formed behind the river, with some troops opting to cross without their vehicles.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Russian FAB-3000 glide bomb strike on a river crossing in the village of Kazachya Loknya, Kursk Oblast. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OWuURNHs8U\">pic.twitter.com\/OWuURNHs8U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AMK Mapping &#127482;&#127462;&#127475;&#127487; (@AMK_Mapping_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AMK_Mapping_\/status\/1898621565409112091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Ukrainian soldier walks past a building in Sudzha, Kursk region, Russia, on Aug. 16, 2024. This image was approved by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry before publication. (AP Photo, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An influx of videos showing Ukrainian prisoners of war being taken has proliferated over the past several days. Others showed Ukrainian troops <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AMK_Mapping_\/status\/1898537696764813587\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"retreating\">retreating<\/a> from their positions.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"no\" dir=\"ltr\">Ukrainian soldiers, reportedly from the elite 80th airborne assault brigade, surrendered in Cherkasskoe Porochnoe, Kursk Oblast. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vVrTFVMaD9\">pic.twitter.com\/vVrTFVMaD9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AMK Mapping &#127482;&#127462;&#127475;&#127487; (@AMK_Mapping_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AMK_Mapping_\/status\/1898674888120140205?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3240818\/ukraine-struggling-hold-kursk-bargaining-chip-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"UKRAINE STRUGGLING TO HOLD RUSSIAN LAND THAT COULD BECOME BARGAINING CHIP IN PEACE TALKS\">UKRAINE STRUGGLING TO HOLD RUSSIAN LAND THAT COULD BECOME BARGAINING CHIP IN PEACE TALKS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russia is now closing in on the anchor of Ukraine&rsquo;s positions in Kursk, the city of Suzhda, from all directions.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine undertook a major gambit in August when it launched the first invasion of Russia since World War II, a blitz attack against Kursk, of World War II fame. Since then, assaults from Russian forces have slowly chipped away at the salient, leaving Ukraine with less than one-quarter of the territory it held in August. The intensity of current Russian assaults and the ravaging of Ukrainian supply lines is quickly making Ukraine&rsquo;s position in the province untenable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1872971\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1872971\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian forces in Kursk face collapse after a surprise Russian attack via a gas pipeline, following days of intense assaults<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2411657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Kursk-Assault.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38482,51826,51825],"class_list":["post-2411656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-kursk","tag-russian-assault","tag-ukrainian-forces"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Kursk-Assault.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2411656"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2411660,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411656\/revisions\/2411660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2411657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2411656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2411656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}