Operation Stream

Operation Stream
Part of the Kursk offensive (2024–2025)
Map showing the pipeline and exit point location
TypeTunnel raid
Location
ObjectiveInfiltration behind enemy lines
Date8 March 2025
Executed byAkhmat special forces
11th Guards Air Assault Brigade
106th Guards Airborne Division
30th Motor Rifle Regiment
Veterans Brigade
Vostok Brigade
Naval infantry
OutcomeRussian operational success
Ukrainian retreat from Sudzha and nearby settlements

Operation Stream (Russian: Операция "Поток"), also called Operation Pipe, was a military operation carried out by Russian troops who crawled through the disused Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline with the goal of attacking Ukrainian units from the rear and surrounding them near Sudzha during the Russian counteroffensive into the Ukrainian-held part of the Kursk region. The operation possibly involved fighters from the Akhmat special forces, the 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade, the 30th Motor Rifle Regiment, the Veterans and Vostok volunteer brigades, the 106th Guards Airborne Division, and Naval infantry.