MOSCOW, March 9 (Reuters) – In what appears to be a calculated maneuver, Russian special operations units infiltrated a major gas pipeline near the town of Sudzha, intending to catch Ukrainian troops off guard as part of a broader campaign to drive them out of the western region of Kursk, according to pro-Russian military commentators. Last August, Ukrainian forces advanced into roughly 1,300 square kilometers of Russia’s Kursk territory. Kyiv described the move as a strategic ploy to