Operation Stream

Operation Stream
Part of the Kursk offensive (2024–2025)
Map showing the pipeline and exit point location
Type	Tunnel raid
Location	Sudzha, Kursk Oblast
Objective	Infiltration behind enemy lines
Date	8 March 2025
Executed by	Akhmat special forces 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade 106th Guards Airborne Division 30th Motor Rifle Regiment Veterans Brigade Vostok Brigade Naval infantry
Outcome	Russian operational success Ukrainian retreat from Sudzha and nearby settlements[1][2]

Operation Stream (Russian: Операция "Поток"),^[3] also called Operation Pipe,^[4] 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.^[5] The operation possibly involved fighters from the Akhmat special forces, the 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade, the 30th Motor Rifle Regiment, the Veterans [ru] and Vostok volunteer brigades, the 106th Guards Airborne Division, and Naval infantry.^{[6][7][unreliable source][8][9]}