https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/ukraine-s-veles-pipeline-operation-near-kupiansk-eliminates-over-100-russian-troops-zelensky-saysContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/ukraine-s-veles-pipeline-operation-near-kupiansk-eliminates-over-100-russian-troops-zelensky-sayshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/ukraine-s-veles-pipeline-operation-near-kupiansk-eliminates-over-100-russian-troops-zelensky-says#u170334Mon, 02 Nov 2026 14:40:18 +0000Ukrainian forces have conducted a special operation code-named Veles in the Kupiansk direction, utilizing Soviet-era gas pipelines to advance more than 15 kilometers underground. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the Khartiia Corps wiped out over 100 Russian troops and captured more than 30 enemy personnel during the offensive. Ukrainian troops adapted infiltration tactics previously used by Russian forces to block an infiltration route that had been active for more than a year.Why it mattersThe operation highlights a subterranean style of warfare playing out deep inside infrastructure