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‘They lost their minds’ In new video, alleged participant in Russia’s pipeline raid says fellow soldiers suffocated and took their own lives

Summary by Meduza
In March, as part of an offensive to retake territory in the Kursk region, Russian troops crawled through a section of a decommissioned gas pipeline in an effort to slip behind Ukrainian lines. The mission quickly became a patriotic spectacle in Russia — complete with a scale-model pipe installed in a church courtyard and a song called “Truba” (“Pipe”), with a chorus that goes: “Pipe — that’s a Russian word! / Pipe — that means trouble!” Be that…

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Meduza broke the news in Riga, Latvia on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
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