UNDERGROUND WARFARE: Ukrainians Battle Russians Inside Gas Pipes as Drones Dominate...

Underground infrastructure like gas pipelines and sewage systems has become a refuge for soldiers fighting in heavily surveilled conflict zones where aerial reconnaissance and drone strikes make surface movement deadly. As modern warfare increasingly relies on surveillance technology and unmanned aircraft, combatants are forced deeper below ground—a shift that changes tactics, morale, and the psychological toll of warfare itself. The claustrophobia and disorientation of fighting in confined subterranean spaces presents a new kind of combat challenge that few militaries have had to confront systematically.