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| Ukrainian resistance in Russian-occupied Ukraine | |||||||
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| Part of theRussian invasion of Ukraine | |||||||
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 Volodymyr ZelenskyyOleksii ReznikovRustem UmerovValerii ZaluzhnyiOleksandr Syrskyi Mustafa Dzhemilev Tamila Tasheva Vadym Filashkin Oleksii Kharchenko Oleksandr Prokudin Ivan Fedorov Oleh Syniehubov Vitaliy Kim |  Vladimir PutinSergei ShoiguAndrey BelousovValery Gerasimov Sergey Aksyonov Mikhail Razvozhayev Denis Pushilin Leonid Pasechnik Volodymyr Saldo Yevhen Balytskyi Vitaly Ganchev | ||||||
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 Popular Resistance of Ukraine[1] Berdiansk Partisan Army[2] Yellow Ribbon[3] Atesh[4] SBU[5] Main Directorate of Intelligence[6] Rukh Oporu[3] S.R.O.K[7]«Ї» group[8][9] Zla Mavka[10] |
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WhenRussiainvadedUkraine in early 2022, it occupiedvast portions of the country, having already occupied parts of theDonetsk andLuhansk oblasts as well as the entirety ofCrimea since the beginning of theRussia-Ukraine war in 2014.Partisan groups began to be organized in mid-2022.[11] These groups have been involved inintelligence-gathering,sabotage, andassassinations. Much of their activity has taken place in theKherson andZaporizhzhia oblasts of southern Ukraine.
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On 1 March, the mayor ofKreminna,Volodymyr Struk was abducted from his home. His wife claimed that unknown camouflaged men entered their property and kidnapped her husband. On 2 March, Struk was found shot dead with a gunshot wound in his chest.Anton Gerashchenko, an advisor to theMinistry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine claimed that Struk was killed by "unknown patriots", suggesting that locals were responsible for his abduction and assassination. Struk was known to be an important pro-Russia figure in theLuhansk Oblast with "money and support from the Russian Federation", who had already expressed support forRussian proxy-forces back in 2014. Before his death, Struk called on local authorities to communicate and collaborate with approaching Russian forces.[12][13]
On 20 March, two unknown assailants shot and killed the assistant toVladimir Saldo, Pavel Slobodchikov, in his car outside Saldo's house inKherson.[14]
On 3 April, the Ukrainian government stated that two Russian soldiers were killed and 28 others hospitalized after Ukrainian civilians handed out poisoned cakes to Russian soldiers of the Russian3rd Motor Rifle Division inIzium,Kharkiv Oblast.[15][16]
On 20 April, pro-Russian blogger Valery Kuleshov was shot and killed while in his car inKherson.[17]
On 21 April, on a television interview, the elected mayor of Russian-occupiedMelitopol,Ivan Fedorov, said that, according to Ukrainian intelligence, Ukrainianpartisans had killed 100 Russian soldiers in the city, primarilyRussian police patrols and mostly through ambushes at night. Fedorov also claimed that the Russian army was struggling to deal with these partisans, as the majority of the population of Melitopol was against the Russian presence.[18]
On 21 April,Ukrayinski Novini reported that partisans inoccupied Kherson had left a banner with a message on a pole in the city, which said: "Russian occupier and everyone who supports their regime. We are close—we are already working in Kherson. Death awaits you all! Kherson is Ukraine!".[19]
On 25 April, Pavel Sharogradsky, a pro-Russian resident ofNovoaidar in theLuhansk Oblast was kidnapped by unknown suspects, after becoming a high-profile collaborator in the town. Sharogradsky met with representatives of theRussian Armed Forces and reportedly gave away names and addresses of local political activists,veterans of the Ukrainian army, suspected partisans and their families. A couple of days later, his dead body was found with severe injuries and a gunshot wound to his head.[20]
On 26 April, theGovernor of Mykolaiv Oblast,Vitalii Kim, said that there had been resistance against the Russian army in theKherson Oblast for two months and that Ukrainian partisans had killed 80 Russian troops in the region.[21]
On 28 April,24 Kanal reported that partisans in occupiedNova Kakhovka had left a banner with a message on a pole in the city. It said as follows: "Russian occupier! Know! Kakhovka is Ukraine! We are close! Our people are already working here! Death awaits you! Kakhovka is Ukraine!".[22]
On 28 April, Apostrophe reported that guerrillas blew up the railway bridge inYakymivka,Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[23]
On 30 April, members of theBerdiansk Partisan Army (BPA) posted a video onTelegram calling for Russian troops to leaveBerdiansk. They announced that they were organizing their forces and that they were "ready to come out of the shadows". The account of this organization was used during the invasion for gathering and showing evidence of Russian crimes in the city and information aboutcollaborators with the Russian army in Berdiansk.[2]
On 13 May,Oleksii Reznikov, theMinister of Defence of Ukraine, spoke of the defeats and difficulties that Russian troops had been experiencing in Ukraine ever since the start of the invasion. Reznikov also spoke of the partisans inKherson, Melitopol and other localities, calling them "an important contribution to common victory".[24]
On 22 May, in occupiedEnerhodar, Ukrainian partisans detonated an explosive in front of a residential building where the Russian-installed mayor of the cityAndrei Shevchik was located. Shevchik and his bodyguards sustained injuries of varying severity, and Shevchik ended up inintensive care. He was first taken to a hospital in Enerhodar and then to another inMelitopol.[25]
On 28 May, an unknown person attempted to set fire to aRussian military enlistment office inSimferopol,Russian-occupied Crimea. The suspect reportedly used amolotov cocktail in the unsuccessful attack, which only caused minor damage.[26]
In late May, six Russian border guards at theZernovo border checkpoint in northern Ukraine were reportedly killed on the week of 30 May – 5 June when they were attacked by Ukrainian partisans. Two days later, a bomb exploded near the office of Russian-installed Zaporizhzhia Oblast governorYevhen Balytskyi, a pro-Russian official andde facto mayor ofMelitopol.[11]
On 18 June, an explosive device went off in the car of Yevgeny Sobolev, the head of the Kherson Region penal service. He survived the blast and was taken to a hospital according to TASS.[27]
On 20 June, three Russian soldiers were at a waterfront cafe inKherson when a shooter opened fire at them. Two of the soldiers were killed, while the surviving soldier was hospitalized, according toUkrainian Southern Command.[28]
On 24 June, in occupiedKherson, a Russian appointed official, Dmitry Savluchenko, was killed by a car bomb, reportedly placed by Ukrainian partisans.[29]
On 7 July police officer Serhii Tomko who had defected to the Russian side was shot and killed in his vehicle inNova Kakhovka.[30]
On 11 July, Yevgeny Yunakov, the Russian-appointed administrator ofVelykyi Burluk was killed by a car bomb according to TASS.[31]
On 24 July, partisans inMelitopol attacked rail infrastructure during the night, causing moderate damage to a section of railway. Explosions were reportedly heard near the Melitopol Airfield and near the village ofKostyantynivka, according to the mayor of MelitopolIvan Fedorov.[32]
On 26 July,Euromaidan Press reported that the Satelit factory inMariupol had been attacked by partisans and "has been burning for 10 days".[33]
On 27 July, in occupiedKherson an improvised explosive blew up a car with two defecting police officers inside of it, both were severely injured and one later died from his wounds.[34]
On 28 July,The Daily Telegraph reported that posters with the message "Can't leave?HIMARS will help you" had begun appearing in Kherson.[35]
On 29 July, partisans inLuhansk Oblast burned a distribution box controlling the railway traffic lights, junctions and crossings nearSvatove during the night, according to the head of the Luhansk Regional Military-Civil Administration,Serhiy Haidai.[36]Also on 29 July,Petro Andriushchenko, the Advisor to the Mayor ofMariupol, reported that partisans had set grain fields near the city on fire so that Russian forces would not be able to steal and export the grain.[37]
On 4 August, a local partisan group ambushed a car, which was carrying the Russian-installed mayor and his deputy inBilovodsk, a town in the northern part of theLuhansk Oblast. Both passengers sustained injuries from thesmall arms fire that targeted their car and had to undergo medical treatment.[38]
On 6 August, Ukrainian media reported that the deputy head of the Russian administration inNova Kakhovka,Vitaly Guru, was shot dead in his home;[39] this was, however, refuted.[40]
On 11 August, Askyar Laishev, a former traffic police officer and the Russian-appointed Head of Intelligence of theLuhansk Oblast, was killed when resistance fighters blew up his car inStarobilsk. He was reportedly able to eject from his burning car, but later succumbed to his injuries. Laishev's ties to Russian proxies were exposed back in 2014, whenOleh Liashko's volunteer unitUkrayina found out that Laishev was covering for a local separatist named Vikor Rybalko, who was involved in organizing areferendum on the independence of the region. The incident was caught on camera by formerVice News reporterSimon Ostrovsky, who joined Liashko and his men on a nightly raid.[41][42][43]
On 13 August, pictures of leaflets, which were taken inLysychansk, started to appear online. The posters contained messages, in which the partisans threatened the lives of local collaborators and Russian-installed officials. This is part of a presumed largerintimidation operation in the western Luhansk Oblast, as similar posters started to appear inSievierodonetsk a month earlier.[44][45]
On 15 August, mayor ofMelitopol reported that guerrillas blew up the railway bridge which was used by Russians near the city.[46]
On 20 August, pro-Ukrainian partisans conducted an unsuccessful attack againstKonstantin Ivashchenko, the Russian-installed mayor ofMariupol, using animprovised explosive device.[47]
On 23 August, Ihor Telehin, the deputy head of the internal policy department inKherson Oblast was injured in a targeted explosion.[48]
On 24 August, the head of the Russian-appointed administration ofMykhailivka inZaporizhzhia Oblast Ivan Sushko was wounded in a car bombing, he was taken to a hospital and died there from his wounds.[49]
On 26 August, Russian-appointed official Oleksandr Koliesnikov, the deputy chief of the Berdiansk traffic police was injured in an explosion. He was taken to hospital with shrapnel wounds, where he died hours later.[50]
On 28 August,People's Deputy of UkraineOleksii Kovalov, who according to Ukrainian authorities at the beginning of July had assumed the position of deputy head of theRussian-appointed government of Kherson Oblast,[51] was shot dead in his own home. According to further reports, his girlfriend also died in hospital after she was stabbed.[52][51][53]
On 30 August, partisans reportedly launched attacks on pro-Russian security forces inKherson city.[54]
On 3 September,Maksym Mahrynov, a local fromTokmak inZaporizhzhia Oblastblew himself up in front of his home when theRussian military tried to arrest him for guiding Ukrainianartillery fire. The blast killed Mahrynov on the spot and caused two more casualties among the Russian servicemen.[55]
On 6 September, Russian-installed officialArtem Bardin was heavily wounded when his car was blown up inBerdiansk. Russian officials reported that he had lost both of his legs and doctors were "fighting for his life" in the hospital where he was kept.[56] Bardin later died in the hospital.[57]
On 7 September, the headquarters of a pro-Russian organization called "We Are Together With Russia" was bombed inMelitopol.[52]
On 10 September, Luhansk Oblast GovernorSerhiy Haidai claimed that Ukrainian partisans had managed to capture parts ofKreminna during the2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv Oblast counteroffensive.[58]
On 16 September, the Deputy Head of Berdiansk CAA for Housing and Communal Services Oleg Boyko and his wife, Lyudmila Boyko—who was head of the city's election commission for the referendum to join Russia—were killed near their garage inBerdiansk in an apparent assassination.[59]
On 16 September,Serhiy Horenko, the Prosecutor General of theLuhansk People's Republic and his deputyKateryna Stehlenko were killed in a bomb attack that targeted their office inLuhansk, Luhansk Oblast.[60]
On 17 September, unknown suspects targeted a car belonging to Russian propagandistDmitry Kiselyov in an arson attack. The incident happened at Kiselyov's mansion inKoktebel, occupiedCrimea.[61]
On 31 October, Pavlo Ischuk, the Russian-installed First Deputy Mayor of Berdiansk for Foreign Policy and Mass Communications, was seriously injured by a bombing near his house inBerdiansk.[62]
On 4 November, Head of the Donetsk People's RepublicDenis Pushilin said thatAlexander Nikulin, a judge of the Supreme Court of the DPR, was shot and seriously injured inVuhlehirsk.[63]
On 15 November,Melitopol MayorIvan Fedorov stated that Dmitry Trukhin, a former member of the city council and director of 'communal property' suffered serious injuries after a bombing attack on his residence in Melitopol.[64]
On 6 December, Ukrainian militants unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Mykola Volyk, who served as a Russian-installed deputy in occupiedMelitopol,Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[65]
On 11 December, guerillas set fire to barracks, which were occupied by Russian soldiers in the Crimean village ofSovietske.[66]
On 12 December,Vitaly Bulyuk, First Deputy Head of theKherson MCA for Economics, Financial and Budgetary Policy, Agriculture, Revenue and Fees, was injured in a car bombing inSkadovsk. His driver was killed.[67]
On 22 December, it was reported thatAndrei Shtepa, head of the Russian occupation in theKakhovka Raion of Kherson Oblast, was assassinated in a car bombing near a Soviet monument inKakhovka.[68] His driver was also killed.[69]
On 6 January, partisans blew up a railway line nearShchastia,Luhansk Oblast, which was mainly used to transport military equipment and stolen Ukrainian grain.[70]
On 8 January, theISW reported that Ukrainian militants blew up a gas pipeline inLutuhyne, Luhansk Oblast. The explosion left 13,000 subscribers without any gas supply.[71]
On 13 January, acar bombing attempting to kill the collaborator in charge of the Russian occupation ofBerdiansk,Alexei Kichigin, took place, though he survived. On 16 January following a series of explosions, Ukrainian authorities announced that Kichigin had been killed in the strikes.[72]
On 24 January, local Russian collaborator Valentyna Mamai was targeted in a car bombing in the center ofBerdiansk, and later hospitalized.[73][74]
On 3 February, local Russian collaborator police officer inEnerhodar, and local head of Russian troops, Yevgeny Kuzmin was killed with animprovised explosive device (IED) while he was in his car.[75]
On 4 February, unknown suspects fatally shotIgor Mangushev inKadiivka,Luhansk Oblast. Mangushev served as an officer in theRussian military and gained international attention when he called for "the death of as many Ukrainian soldiers as possible" while brandishing a skull, which according to him, belonged to a fallen Ukrainian soldier.[76]
On 8 February, Ukrainian partisans committed an arson attack against a railway control station on the outskirts ofYasenivskyi in the occupied portion of the Luhansk Oblast.[77]
On 14 March, local Russian collaborator Ivan Tkach was killed in a car bombing in the center ofMelitopol.[78]
On 19 March, Russian collaborator Serhii Moskalenko was killed in a car bombing inSkadovsk byAtesh partisans. Moskalenko had set up torture chambers inKherson Oblast during the Russian occupation and had been appointed a "prison warden" by Russian authorities.[79]
On 19 March, there was an attempt to blow up a gas pipeline in the city ofSimferopol,Crimea. The facility suffered minor damage.[80][81]
On 27 March, the car of Mikhail Moskvin, the Russian-appointed chief of police, was blown up inMariupol,Donetsk Oblast. Moskvin survived.[82]
On 23 April, Ukrainian militants of theAtesh movement ambushed a patrol of Russian soldiers by using animprovised explosive device nearOleshky,Kherson Oblast.[83]
On 27 April, Russian collaborator Oleksandr Mishchenko was killed in a bombing inMelitopol. Mishchenko was previously the Chief of Police ofPryazovske Raion and had served as Deputy Chief of theMinistry of Internal Affairs of Melitopol for personnel since the Russian invasion.[84][85]
On 2 May, a car bombing targeted another collaborating police officer in occupied Melitopol,Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The unnamed victim suffered injuries and was hospitalized.[86]
On 15 May,Igor Kornet, the Minister of the Interior of theLuhansk People's Republic, was seriously wounded by an explosion in the city center ofLuhansk. It was reported that Kornet was inside of a barber shop at the time of the blast, which injured four more people.[87]
On 18 May, partisans blew up a railway line nearBakhchysarai,Crimea, causing the derailment of at least five freight wagons.[88][89]
On 2 June, a car with four local collaborators was blown up in Russian-occupiedMykhailivka,Zaporizhzhia Oblast.Ivan Fedorov, the elected mayor ofMelitopol, reported that one of the victims was Serhii Dydovodiuk, a local liquor distributor, who was known for having pro-Russian stances and serving fellow pro-Russian and Russian individuals at his café.[90]
On 11 June, a partisan cell blew up a railway line in occupiedYakymivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[91]
On 14 June, Ukrainian guerillas blew up a key railway line nearMelitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Ukrainian officials claimed that in addition to 50 meters of railway track, five freight carts got destroyed by the detonation.[92]
On 19 June, the car of Vladimir Epifanov, the assistant of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian-occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast, was blown up inSimferopol,Crimea. According to initial reports, Epifanov and his bodyguards survived the blast, but sustained severe injuries.[93][94]
On 21 June,Atesh partisans blew up a railway line betweenFeodosia andVladyslavivka in Crimea, causing the disruption of railway traffic for multiple hours.[95][96]
On 24 June, two 16-year-old partisans were fatally shot by a Russian sniper inBerdiansk after killing a Russian soldier and a collaborating police officer.[97][nb 1]
On 3 July, theFSB detained a man in theCrimean capital ofSimferopol, who was preparing an assassination attempt onSergey Aksyonov, the Russian-installed Head of Crimea.[99]
On 19 July,Kyrylo Budanov, the Ukrainian head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, reported that Ukrainian partisans played a key role in the attack on a Russian ammunition depot near the Crimean town ofStaryi Krym, which caused chain of strong explosions and the subsequent evacuation of nearby towns and villages.[100][101]
On 29 July, two Russian officers were killed and 15 others hospitalized as the result of a mass poisoning carried out by Ukrainian partisans in the Russian-occupied port city ofMariupol in theDonetsk Oblast.Petro Andriushchenko, the advisor to the elected mayor of the city, claimed that Russian authorities assume that cyanide and pesticides were added to food, which was handed out at an event location to celebrate theDay of the Russian Navy.[102]
In July, an unnamed Russian officer claimed in an interview that eight Russian soldiers had been murdered in Mariupol over the preceding two weeks. Six of them had been stabbed, and two had been shot in the back of the head, and that Russian authorities "concealed the incidents to avoid panic among Russian military units".[103]
On 13 August, Ukrainian guerillas set fire to a Russian military base near the destroyedAzovstal plant inMariupol,Donetsk Oblast. Local Ukrainian authorities reported losses among Russian troops and equipment, but didn't publish any further details. It was later reported that at least 10 Russian servicemen sustained injuries from the fire.[104][105]
On 30 August,Atesh partisans blew up the election hub of theUnited Russia party inNova Kakhovka,Kherson Oblast. The guerillas claimed the blast killed three Russian soldiers and burned "all the documentation that the occupiers brought for the elections scheduled for 8 to 10 September".[106]
On 31 August, the local partisan group ′Y′ claimed responsibility for anotherarson attack on a Russian base on the outskirts of Mariupol and reportedly damaged at least four Russian military vehicles.[105]
On 7 September, a car carrying twoFSB officers was blown up inOleshky inRussian-occupied Kherson Oblast. The car bomb killed one FSB officer instantly and injured the other one severely, as well as three Russian soldiers escorting the car.[107]
On 15 September, Ukrainian partisans blew up two Russian army trucks by detonating an explosive charge, which according to them, was weighing 10 kg (22lbs). The attack happened in Russian-occupiedHenichesk,Kherson Oblast.[108]
On 1 October,Atesh partisans released a video of freshly dug trenches and newdragon teeth fortifications nearFeodosia inCrimea. They also stated that they are forming groups, which travel around the peninsula and report every building effort of military fortifications to the Ukrainian intelligence, to make sure "a breakthrough of theArmed Forces of Ukraine is successful".[109]
On 7 October, a car bomb killed Vladimir Malov, a Russian-installed official in the city ofNova Kakhovka.[110]
On 16 October, theKyiv Post reported that Ukrainian partisans had recently poisoned Russian soldiers in occupiedMariupol, killing 26 and hospitalizing 15. Five other Russian soldiers were claimed to have drowned in Mariupol after being poisoned "summer of 2023".[103]
On 23 October, Russian media sources reported the death of one Russian serviceman as the result of a detonation of animprovised explosive device in the occupied port city ofBerdiansk.[111] Later that day, a spokesperson of theMain Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine stated "a local resistance group" was behind the plot that targeted a car carrying four representatives of the Russian FSB and called the attack "an act of revenge".[112]
On 27 October, former lawmaker and separatist officialOleg Tsaryov was shot on the premises of his home inYalta,Autonomous Republic of Crimea. His condition was reported to be "critical" when he was rushed into hospital, but according to Russian official sources, he survived the attempt on his life. On 31 October, the FSB arrested a 46-year-oldlocal resident, who reportedly confessed to the charges of attempting to kill Tsaryov.[113][114]
On 8 November,Mykhailo Filiponenko, a Russian-installed official and former separatist leader was assassinated inLuhansk.Ukraine's military intelligence directorate claims it carried out "a special operation" in collaboration with local resistance fighters to liquidate Filiponenko. He reportedly survived a previous assassination attempt in February 2022, only three days before the start ofRussia'sfull-scale invasion of Ukraine. Before 2010, Filiponenko was a locallawmaker for the pro-RussianParty of Regions.[115][116]
On 10 November, Ukrainian partisans blew up a Russian police car inMariupol,Eastern Ukraine. No human casualties were reported.[117]
On 11 November, Ukrainianguerillas blew up the headquarters of the Russian military inMelitopol, killing at least three Russian servicemen. The attack took place during a meeting of officers from theFSB and theNational Guard of Russia.[118]
On 14 November, Ukrainian militants killed an unnamed collaborator in a car bombing inStarobilsk,Luhansk Oblast.[119]
On 15 November, members of theYellow Ribbon resistance group placed the Ukrainian flag on the peak of theBoyka Hora, a mountain nearYalta, Crimea. There were similar reports in late August of unknown people hoisting the Ukrainian flag on top of theShaan-Kaya mountain nearAlupka, which is located 15 kilometers southwest from Yalta.[120]
On 21 November,Lt-Col. Oleh Shumilov andLt-Col. Volodymyr Pakholenko were seriously injured when their car exploded in the city ofLuhansk. Shumilov was deputy interior minister and Pakholenko a criminal investigator.[121]
On 29 November, local partisans coordinated a precision strike by theArmed Forces of Ukraine inYuvileine inKherson Oblast. According to media reports, the missile hit its intended target and killed fiveRussian police officers and injured 17 employees of the facility in which a meeting between the police officers was ongoing. The strike also killed Police Major Arthur Dzhunusov, who was the Russian-installed deputy chief of police of the town and the surrounding area.[122]
On 1 December, partisans reportedly attacked a Russian fuel tanker and number of Russian military personnel during a pit stop inMelitopol,Zaporizhzhia Oblast. According to theHUR, the attack resulted in an unspecified number of human casualties.[123]
On 5 December 24 Russian servicemen were reportedly killed and 11 more hospitalized after members of a local partisan group handed out poisoned groceries and alcoholic beverages inSimferopol,Crimea.[124]
On 6 December, a car belonging to a Russian-installed deputy named Oleh Popov was blown up in the city center ofLuhansk.RIA Novosti, a Russian news outlet, aired reports of an explosion near theAvanhard Stadium, but didn't specify whether anyone was injured in the explosion.[125]
On 15 December, guerillas bombed a train, which was carrying ammunition and supplies inZaporizhzhia Oblast. A day later, local resistance fighters wounded a Russian officer in a car bombing inMariupol,Donetsk Oblast.[126]
On 17 December, members of theAtesh movement published the coordinates of alleged Russian anti-aircraft installations in an online post nearSevastopol, Crimea. This is part of a supposed larger intelligence gathering operation by the group, as reports of an infiltration at a Russian military base inFeodosia surfaced five days earlier.[126][127]
On 25 December, Atesh fighters posted footage of an infiltration into a Russian command post near the town ofNovoozerne in northwestern Crimea.[128]
In late December, Russian milbloggers reported that two "young saboteurs" had poisoned Russian personnel inBakhchysarai, Crimea, with pies and beer that contained large doses of arsenic, rat poison and "a poison of unknown origin that experts are studying." They claimed that the killed 18 and hospitalized a further 14.[129]
On 13 January, in Crimea, 46 Russian servicemen inSimferopol andBakhchysarai were reportedly killed with poisonedvodka which was handed out by two young female partisans. Police were sent to apprehend them in a private house inYalta and engaged in a shoot-out with the partisans, resulting in the deaths of three police officers and wounding of two more before the partisans fled the scene in a car.[130]
On 15 January, a car carrying four Russian servicemen was blown up inMelitopol. According to initial reports, all four soldiers suffered injuries.[131]
On 22 January, the 105th anniversary of theUkrainian Unification Act, activists of theYellow Ribbon movement positioned a largeUkrainian flag on top of thePakhkal-Kaya mountain nearAlushta,Crimea.[132][133]
On 22 January, it was reported that partisans raised the Ukrainian flag inMakiivka, the third-largest city inDonetsk Oblast, which is occupied since 2014.[134]
On 7 February, members of theAtesh movement published footage and coordinates of a concentration of Russian military equipment inHorlivka,Donetsk Oblast,Eastern Ukraine.[135]
On 19 February, agents of theFSB killed a man who was reportedly planting an explosive charge under the car of a Russian-installed official inMelitopol,Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[136]
On 22 February, it was reported that six members of the RussianCentral Election Commission died inMariupol after having been poisoned by partisans. A month before, three Russian servicemen died and ten more were hospitalized after a partisan cell handed out contaminated beverages, also in Mariupol.[137]
On 27 February, a group of men triggered a police operation inDzhankoi after a suspected infiltration attempt at a military airfield.[138]
On 27 February, guerillas blew up the local headquarters of theUnited Russia party in occupiedNova Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast.[139]
On 6 March, Svetlana Samoilenko, an organizer of the2024 Russian presidential election and the Russian-appointed Deputy Mayor ofBerdiansk was killed in a car bombing in the southern port city of Berdiansk,Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[140][141]
On 10 March,Ihor Tsiferov, a collaborator fromDokuchaievsk, a small city south ofDonetsk, was injured when his car was blown up in front of his house. Tsiferov was an employee of the Ministry of State Security of the self-proclaimedDonetsk People's Republic, which was involved in illegalabductions, acts oftorture and other severehuman rights violations since the beginning of theRusso-Ukrainian War in 2014.[142]
On 15 March, partisans planted anIED inside a trashcan in front of apolling station in the Russian-occupied resort town ofSkadovsk,Kherson Oblast. The guerillas claim that at least five Russian servicemen were injured when the device exploded.[143]
On 17 March, it was reported that a woman vandalized a ballot box during the 2024 Russian presidential election by pouring green paint in it. The incident happened inSimferopol, the capital city of the occupiedAutonomous Republic of Crimea.[144]
On 22 March, two explosions took place in the occupied city ofMelitopol. About 20 Russian soldiers were killed and twoKamaz tilt trucks and a UAZ were destroyed, according to an initial assessment of theUkrainian military intelligence service.[145]
On 1 April, Valerii Chaika, a pro-Russian collaborator and former employee of thelocal district administration was killed in the town ofStarobilsk,Luhansk Oblast, when ahomemade explosive device blew up his car.[146][147]
On 4 April, a car bombing targetedMaxim Zubarev, the Russian-appointed mayor ofYakymivka, a town in the Russian-occupied part of theZaporizhzhia Oblast. Zubarev was brought into hospital, where doctors described his condition as ″critical″, but according to preliminary reports, Zubarev survived the assassination attempt.[148]
On 17 April, theUkrainian Armed Forces struck an uncamouflagedS-400 missile system and a command post of theRussian Armed Forces near theairfield of theCrimean city ofDzhankoi. A few days before,Atesh guerillas shared the location of the complex in an online post, asking for immediate action from the Ukrainian military.[149][150]
On 5 May, a Russian collaborator and employee of a local penal colony was killed when animprovised explosive device blew up his car in occupiedBerdiansk,Zaporizhzhia Oblast. TheRussian occupation authorities subsequently announced the start of a criminal investigation and stated that an unknown person planted the explosive charge on the underbody of the vehicle.[151]
On 20 May, residents ofYuvileine in theLuhansk Oblast coordinated a Ukrainianrocket strike on a Russian military base.[152]
On 21 May, the local pro-Ukrainian militant group ″Ї″ set fire to a warehouse in the port city ofMariupol,Donetsk Oblast, which was used by theRussian Armed Forces to store construction materials and other belongings.[153]
On 31 May, a 40-year-old resident ofCrimea stabbed two Russian military members to death inAlushta.[154]
On 31 May, a partisan cell claimed responsibility for an arson attack on the car of an unnamed pro-Russian collaborator in occupiedMariupol,Eastern Ukraine.[citation needed]
On 2 June, a Russian serviceman posted a video in which he accused employees of a local shop inIvanivka,Kherson Oblast of trying to poison him and his comrades with pills, which they tried to dissolve inFanta soft drink bottles.[155]
On 7 June,Atesh guerillas guided a Ukrainian missile strike that targeted an oil depot inLuhansk,Eastern Ukraine.[156]
On 11 June, Atesh partisans published footage and the coordinates of a Russian makeshift ammunition depot and communication hub inMariupol,Donetsk Oblast.[157]
On 23 June, partisans claimed to have sabotaged a railway line connecting Mariupol andRostov-on-Don by setting fire to a relay cabinet.[158]
On 26 June,Atesh guerillas claimed to have infiltrated another Russianammunition depot on the premises of an abandoned farmstead in the village ofZakharivka,Donetsk Oblast. According to the partisans, theRussian military used the site to storeartillery shells and announced that they handed over the coordinates to theArmed Forces of Ukraine.[159]
On 6 July, a partisan group claimed responsibility for sabotaging a gas pipeline nearVynohradne, a small settlement on theCrimean Riviera northeast ofYalta. The alleged attack resulted in a large fire, which affected 4,172 square meters of terrain, and threatened to spread into a dry,forested area for a short period of time. According to the localRussian occupation authorities, the blaze left 12 settlements without any gas supply, and stated it would take 7 to 10 days to repair the damaged facility.[160]
On 12 July,Atesh guerillas claimed to have set fire to a dry field nearOleshky inKherson Oblast. According to the partisans, the fire quickly encroached towards nearby Russian military positions, severely burning twenty Russian servicemen and causing a chain of explosions when ammunition stored in the trenches was triggered.[161]
On 22 July, Ukrainian resistance fighters reportedly killed 12 Russian soldiers inMariupol by selling them preppedwatermelons, which contained poisonous substances.[162]
On 23 July, Atesh militants and local residents coordinated a Ukrainian air strike on amilitary airfield in theSaky Raion, Russian-occupiedAutonomous Republic of Crimea.[163]
On 30 July, roughly 56,000 residents were left without power and running water, after four blazes engulfed at varioussubstations in occupiedKerch, Crimea. According to Russian media outlets, the fires broke out simultaneously in the villages ofBondarenkove andOsovyny, as well as at the 450 Block andMount Mithridat substations, which are located within the city limits. TheRussian occupation authorities stated that sabotage might be the cause for the fires.[164]
On 4 August, members of theAtesh movement set fire to a relay cabinet inDonetsk. The partisans claim that the railroad, which runs through the easternKalininskyi andBudionnivskyi districts of the city, is a vital supply line for the Russian military and mainly supports theRussian grouping nearToretsk.[165]
On 23 August, the Day of the NationalFlag of Ukraine,Yellow Ribbon activists launched a coordinated effort in the occupied eastern city ofDonetsk, andspray painted the Ukrainian flag in multiple districts of the city, namely in the areas near the former Zaperevalna Mine, the 122nd Gymnasium, and on Antropova, Danilevsky and Hornostaivska Street.[166]
On 25 August, pro-RussianTelegram channels reported that pro-Ukrainian militants managed to enter a makeshift barracks of the Russian military nearSimferopol, where they stabbed 18 soldiers to death. It was also noted that this was not an isolated incident on the Russian-occupiedCrimean peninsula, and that similar incidents happened nearSevastopol andYevpatoria a year earlier.[167]
On 28 August, Atesh partisans reportedly set fire to another relay cabinet inSoutheastern Ukraine. According to the guerillas, the railway connectingRostov-on-Don and the Russian-occupied cities ofMariupol andBerdiansk is of high strategic value, since it would serve as the main supply line for all Russian troops inSouthern Ukraine in case of the destruction of theCrimean Bridge.[168]
On 11 September,Atesh partisans posted a picture and the coordinates of a RussianS-300 air defense complex near occupiedChonhar,Kherson Oblast.[169]
On 21 September, Atesh partisans infiltrated a Russian ammunition depot in the village ofVyshniuvate,Zaporizhzhia Oblast. A similar incident happened a day earlier, when guerillas from the same group entered a field depot belonging to the36th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade of theRussian Armed Forces in theStarobesheve Raion,Donetsk Oblast.[170][171]
On 1 October, Ukrainian partisans targeted aLada 110 motor vehicle in a car bombing, which was reportedly carrying three Russian servicemen in the occupied city ofMelitopol,Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[172]
On 2 October, a car bomb killed Vitaliy Lomeiko inBerdiansk,Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Lomeiko was a local judge, who remained in Berdiansk after Russian military forcesoccupied the city, and was involved in many cases of collaboration since early 2022.[173]
On 4 October, a homemade car bomb killed Andriy Korotkyi inEnerhodar, occupiedZaporizhzhia Oblast. The victim served as the Russian-installed Head of Physical Security at theZaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and was involved in organizing anti-Ukrainian propaganda events in the city.[174]
On 13 October, Atesh guerillas destroyed a Russian reconnaissance vehicle by setting fire to it in Novokaterynivka, a rural town nearStarobesheve,Donetsk Oblast.[175]
On 14 October, the local Ukrainian partisan group 'SROK' posted footage from the infiltration of a training ground inSartana, southeasternDonetsk Oblast. The grounds were reportedly used byNorth Korean military instructors in order to prepare possible frontline operations of theKorean People's Army inUkraine. It was also noted that the KPA instructors can operate in relative safety, since a significant share of the remaining residents in themunicipality - which is home to a large ethnicRussian minority - were holding pro-Russian views and supported the occupation authorities.[176][177]
On 18 October, Dmitry Pervukha, amajor of theRussian Armed Forces, was reportedly killed by an explosive while driving his car in the city center ofLuhansk,Eastern Ukraine. The explosion, which was audible throughout the entire city, also injured a woman and destroyed the vehicle of the victim, as well as damaging twoothers.[178][179]
On 20 October, Atesh partisans sabotaged a railway line nearNovooleksiivka in the southernKherson Oblast, which serves as a highly important supply line for theRussian military inSouthern Ukraine.[180]
On 27 October, Ukrainian partisans blew up a railway bridge in the center ofBerdiansk,Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The powerful explosion targeted an overpass near a car wash on Skhidniy Avenue, which is located less than a kilometer north of the city's main station.[181]
On 13 November 47-year-oldValery Trankovsky, a1st rank Captain of the RussianBlack Sea Fleet was reportedly killed in a car bombing inSevastopol, occupiedCrimea. The Russian-installed mayor of the cityMikhail Razvozhayev said that an investigation of the incident was underway and noted that ″the possibility of sabotage cannot be ruled out″.[182][183]
On 17 November,Atesh gueriilas set fire a relay cabinet betweenTokmak andKamianka, occupiedZaporizhzhia Oblast.[184]
On 18 November, Ukrainian partisans sabotaged another railway line nearKalchyk, a settlement north ofMariupol in the Russian-occupied part of theDonetsk Oblast. The attack led to the collision of two locomotives and damaged a section of theoverhead lines.[185][186]
On 18 November, pro-Ukrainian activsts belonging to theYellow Ribbon movement hoisted a Ukrainian flag on top of theIlyas-Kaya massif nearForos,Southern Crimea.[187]
On 26 November, partisans belonging to the Atesh movement sabotaged another railway line by destroying a relay cabinet nearNovooleksiivka, a town on the administrative border between theKherson Oblast andAutonomous Republic of Crimea.[188]
On 27 November, Atesh militants published an online post, in which they called on the Ukrainian military to target a concentration of RussianS-400 air defense systems near the settlement of Molochne in theSaky Raion,Crimea.[189] On 29 November, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a successful missile strike in the area, which according to initial reports, targeted a Russian air defense system of the same type.[190]
On 9 December, Serhiy Yevsiukov and his wife were targeted in a car bombing in the Russian-occupied regional capital ofDonetsk. RussianTelegram channels reported that Yevsiukov was killed in the explosion, while his wife suffered severe injuries and lost a leg. Yevsiukov served as the head of theOlenivka filtration camp, which became the scene of amassacre that targeted Ukrainianprisoners of war.[191]
On 16 December,Atesh guerillas uncovered large Russian fortifications, which included observation posts, bunkers and supply depots. The fortifications, which are supposed to protect the Russian-occupiedCrimean peninsula from any possible Ukrainian attempts to recapture the region, stretch from the village ofVyshnivka in the northernPerekopsk district to the district capital ofKrasnoperekopsk.[192]
On 18 December, a commander of theAkhmat regiment suffered severe injuries when he was targeted in acar bombing in Russian-occupiedSkadovsk,Kherson Oblast.[193]
On 24 December,Vasyl Nechet, the Russian-installed head of the city council ofBerdiansk in theZaporizhzhia Oblast, was wounded when he was targeted in a suspected car bombing. The local partisan movement 'Zla Mavak' reported that the explosion happened in front of a residential building and that Nechet was hospitalized, but also stated that his exact condition was unknown.[194]
On 26 December, a Russian court sentencedPavlo Levchenko, a citizen from the Crimean capital ofSimferopol, to 22 years in prison after being charged on multiple counts, which included "high treason" and "terrorist activities" for reportedly blowing up railway infrastructure on the territory of Crimea. According to the Ukrainian government-affiliated news ouletUkrinform, Levchenko's indictment wasn't an isolated case, and stated that another resident of Simferopol was sentenced to 10 years in prison on similar charges by a Russian court earlier this year.[195]
On 27 December, unknown assailants reportedly set fire to a car belonging to a high-ranking Russian military officer inMelitopol,Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Russian-occupiedSouthern Ukraine.[196]
On 7 January,Atesh partisans uncovered a command post of theRussian military on the premises of asanatorium resort near the Crimean beach town ofFedorivka in theSaky district. The militant group posted the location in an online post and called on theArmed Forces of Ukraine to target the location.[197]
On 22 January, Ukrainian guerillas set fire to a utility vehicle belonging to theRussian Armed Forces in the city ofDonetsk. The attack happened near the base of theKalmius Brigade, a unit which was formerly part of localMoscow-backed ethnic Russian militias inEastern Ukraine.[198]
On 29 January,Atesh militants announced that they mapped out the locations of multiple Russian warehouses inCrimea by tracking the movement of large fuel shipments.[199]
On 2 February, pro-Ukrainian posters and graffiti started to appear in theCrimean cities ofSimferopol,Feodosia andBakhchysarai with messages like: "Simferopol - Ukrainian city" or "Crimea is waiting for theAFU", as well as "Crimea is Ukraine".Yellow Ribbon, the organization behind those acts of protest, also noted that they have established communities in all major cities on the peninsula, but also in smaller towns likeSimeiz andBalaklava, which are engaged in acts ofpsychological warfare.[200]
On 4 February, reports arose of an increase in disappearances among Russian military personnel inTokmak andMelitopol in Russian-controlled parts ofZaporizhzhia Oblast. In addition to desertions and infighting, it is rumored that at least one serviceman was killed by local residents, who are overwhelmingly opposed to the Russian occupation regime.[201]
On 14 February, with the help offorcefully conscripted Ukrainians from theLuhansk region, pro-Ukrainian partisans belonging to theAtesh movement entered a large Russian ammunition depot in the city ofLuhansk, and reportedly handed over the location to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.[202]
On 15 February,Atesh guerillas sabotaged a RussianRP-377LA electronic warfare vehicle in the occupied portion of theDonetsk Oblast by pouring sugar into its fuel tank.[203]
On 20 February,Yevgeny Bogdanov, the Russian-installed deputy head of the city administration ofBerdiansk in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast, was killed when a car bomb attached to hisRenault Duster touched off at about 6:05am local time on Skhidnyi Avenue in Berdiansk. Bogdanov, who was a Russian citizen fromPikalyovo in theLeningrad Oblast, arrived in the city afterit was captured by Russian forces and was responsible for financial affairs, as well as for the construction of fortifications in the region. He was repeatedly accused of committing war crimes during his stay in Ukraine.[204]
On 28 February, Ukrainian partisans targeted an employee of theFSB in a car bombing in the occupied city ofMariupol in Donetsk Oblast. The attack, which happened at about 01:00am local time in thePrymorskyi district in the western part of the city, injured the Russian serviceman severely and resulted in him being hospitalized in a critical condition.[205]
On 9 March,Atesh partisans sabotaged a railway line near the village ofStolbove in theDzhankoi district, northernCrimea. The partisan group stated that the railway line was a vital supply line for theRussian Armed Forces in theZaporizhzhia Oblast.[206]
On 12 March, Ukrainian partisans blew up a railway line with animprovised explosive device, which according to them, was of "critical nature" for the logistics of the Russian military. The attack happened near the winegrowing village ofPervomaika in the southern CrimeanBalaklava District nearSevastopol.[207]
On 18 March, which marked the 11th anniversary ofRussia's unilateral annexation of Crimea, Crimean pro-Ukrainian activists belonging to theYellow Ribbon movement reportedly started a coordinated effort in all major Crimean cities to protest against the ongoingRussian occupation of the peninsula. The activist distributed stickers and symbols, but also installed aUkrainian flag on top of the Basman Hora peak nearHurzuf inSouthern Crimea.[208]
On 19 March, Ukrainian partisans destroyed a Russian electronic warfare system and a transportation vehicle in an arson attack in theBudionnivskyi District, which is located in the southeastern part of the Russian-occupied regional capital ofDonetsk,Eastern Ukraine.[209]
On 20 March, Ukrainian partisans reportedly killed two Russian military officers in a car bombing in the occupied resort town ofSkadovsk,Kherson Oblast. The attack happened at 08:40pm local time on Myru Street, which is located on the northern edge of the settlement, and destroyed the vehicle beyond recognition.[210]
On 23 March, Ukrainian partisans set fire to a Russian military base and a nearby ammunition depot in the Russian-occupied port city ofMariupol,Eastern Ukraine. Multiple vehicles were reportedly destroyed as the result of the attack, as well as an unspecified amount of ammunition.[211]
On 29 March, pro-Ukrainian guerillas in the Russian-occupied part of theKherson Oblast destroyed another Russian electronic warfare vehicle of the type "Lorandit" in a nightime arson attack.[212]
On 3 April, a Russian"Tigr" infantry mobility vehicle, which was carryingRussia-affiliated Chechen soldiers, was ambushed by Ukrainian resistance fighters in the occupied city ofMelitopol,Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The attack reportedly resulted in five casualties among the Russian servicemen.[213]
On 7 April, a court in Russian-occupiedDonetsk sentenced a 17-year-old Ukrainian boy fromDokuchaevsk inDonetsk Oblast to 6.5 years in prison on "treason" charges. According to the Russian prosecutors, the boy used his mobile phone to transfer information about Russian military positions toUkrainian intelligence services.[214]
On 8 April, Ukrainian partisans infiltrated a Russian supply depot nearKindratove in theDzhankoi Raion, northernCrimea. The partisans suggest that the Russian military is concentrating equipment in the area with the intend of transferring it to the frontlines in mainland Ukraine via the nearbyAzovske railway station.[215]
On 16 April, Ukrainian partisans from theAtesh guerrilla movement set fire to a railway traffic control system in Melitopol. According to local pro-Ukrainian activists, the city in the Russian-occupied southern half of Zaporizhzhia Oblast serves as a crucial logistical hub in the region.[216]
On 27 April, Ukrainian partisans successfully sabotaged a railway line nearStanytsia Luhanska in the Russian-occupied part of theLuhansk Oblast by setting fire to a relay cabinet.[217]
On 14 May, a local Ukrainian partisan cell in the southernKherson Oblast torched an electrical shaft on a railway line near the village ofOleksiivka in theHenichesk district, rendering it useless as the result of the attack.[218][better source needed]
On 15 May, theFSB arrested a 51-year-old and a 54-year-old man in Russian-occupiedSevastopol for allegedly transferring data on missile strike targets toUkrainian intelligence services. The Russian-installed authorities also claimed to have seized explosive devices and detonators when they raided the house. The two men were charged with "treason" under Article 275 of theCriminal Code of the Russian Federation.[219]
On 20 May, unknown assailants ambushed a RussianUAZ Patriot vehicle with animprovised explosive device when it was driving between the cities ofSkadovsk andAntonivka in occupied part of theKherson Oblast. The attack reportedly killed four Russian servicemen fromChechnya.[220]
On 21 May,Atesh guerillas destroyed an electronical warfare vehicle inHenichesk, southeasternKherson Oblast.[221]
On 21 May, a court in occupiedSevastopol sentenced a local man to 18 years in a high-security penal colony on "treason" charges for allegedly aiding theUkrainian Armed Forces, particularly by "searching and moving ammunition caches on the territory of theCrimean peninsula".[222]
On 31 May, Ukrainian guerillas reportedly used animprovised explosive device in an attack on a train, which was carrying Russian military supplies nearYakymivka in theMelitopol district,Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The bombing resulted the derailment of multiple wagons.[223]
On 1 June, pro-Ukrainian militants belonging to theAtesh movement blew up a section of a newly constructed railway line between the cities ofVolnovakha andMariupol in the Russian-occupied part of theDonetsk Oblast.[224]
On 10 June, Ukrainian partisans destroyed a vehicle belonging to a Russian drone detachment in anighttime raid inMelitopol, Russian-occupiedZaporizhzhia Oblast.[225]
On 12 June, Ukrainian insurgents fromMelitopol launched another attack on Russian security forces, in which partisans from theAtesh movement set fire to anUral truck in a nighttime raid. In addition to the destroyed vehicle, the guerillas claimed to also have killed several servicemen at the site, who likely were resting inside the driver's cabin.[226]
On 18 June, unknown attackers gunned downMykhailo Hrytsai, a local collaborator from occupiedBerdiansk in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, he temporarily served as the Russian-installed mayor of the city. According to theUkrainian military intelligence service, he was involved in variouswar crimes such astorture and helped organize the arrests of multiple pro-Ukrainian residents who continued to openly defy Russian occupation. Hrytsai did not survive the attempt on his life.[227]
On 28 June, Atesh partisans destroyed a signal cabinet next to a railway line inYasynuvata, Donetsk Oblast.[228]
On 3 July,Manolis Pilavov, the former Russian-installedMayor of Luhansk, was killed by animprovised explosive device on Taras Shevchenko Street inLuhansk. Pilavov was installed by pro-Russian separatists in late 2014, after his predecessor left the city for government-controlled territory. He held office until late 2023 and was charged with assisting armed groups by Ukrainian authorities.[229][230][231]
On 4 July, three Russian drone operators from the Bars-Sarmat special purpose center were killed by an explosive device that exploded within theirChevrolet Aveo near the village ofStrilkove,Kherson Oblast.[232]
On 6 July, Ukrainian partisans burned another relay cabinet in therailway town ofDebaltseve,Donetsk Oblast. The partisans claimed that the attack led to the disruption of railway traffic and that the town was an important logistical hub for theRussian Armed Forces.[233]
On 10 July, Ukrainian partisans destroyed a railway control box in a nighttime arson attack near the town ofUvarove, Crimea.[234]
On 10 July, with the assistance ofUkrainian military intelligence services, local pro-Ukrainian partisans attacked a command post of theNational Guard of Russia in the city ofMelitopol, occupiedZaporizhzhia Oblast. The plot reportedly killed five Russian soldiers and led to the destruction of vital communication assets.[235]
On 13 July, guerillas belonging to theAtesh movement targeted a car used by Chechen soldiers in an arson attack in occupiedMariupol,Donetsk Oblast. The vehicle suffered irreparable damage, yet no human casualties were reported.[236]
On 17 July, RussianTelegram channels reported that at least four Russian servicemen died and that multiple more suffered seizures after unknown people handed out poisoned water canisters as "aid" for the Russian military inPanteleimonivka, Donetsk region.[237]
On 27 July, another relay cabinet next to a railway line inNovooleksiivka in the southern Kherson Oblast was destroyed in an arson attack, for which Ukrainian militants claimed responsibility in an online post.[238]
On 2 August, fiveRussia-affiliated Chechen soldiers died in the city ofMelitopol in the occupied part ofZaporizhzhia Oblast when Ukrainian partisans ambushed their car by using anIED.[239]
On 3 August, Ukrainian militants belonging to theAtesh partisan movement burned a relay cabinet on a railway line north ofBerdiansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. According to the partisans, the attack led to the interruption of railway traffic for a significant amount of time and delayed fuel shipments for theRussian Armed Forces in the region.[240]
On 17 August, Ukrainian partisans sabotaged a railway line in the northernLuhansk Oblast in Russian-occupiedEastern Ukraine by setting fire to another relay cabinet. According to the militants, the railway is of significant logistical importance for theRussian military, as it directly connects theRostov region inRussia with the northern part ofUkraine's easternmost province.[241]
On 22 August, a Russian supply convoy belonging to a military unit, which participated in theBucha Massacre, was ambushed in the town ofKalynove near the city ofPervomaisk in the westernLuhansk Oblast. In addition to material damage, the attack resulted in the death of three Russian soldiers, while two more servicemen suffered injuries.[242]
On 24 August, Ukrainian militants blew up a railway control cabinet near occupiedMelitopol,Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[243]
On 30 August 18 Russian soldiers were reportedly killed in an arson attack, after unknown assailants set fire to a field near a Russian command post on the outskirts the occupied town ofVoskresenka in theZaporizhzhia Oblast.[244]
On 2 September, Ukrainian partisans carried out another attack on railway infrastructure near the town ofDebaltseve in theDonetsk Oblast, which was already previously described as an important logistical hub in Russian-occupiedEastern Ukraine.[245]
On 4 September, local guerillas belonging to theAtesh partisan movement helped guiding a Ukrainian missile strike that targeted an oil depot in the occupied city ofLuhansk,Eastern Ukraine.[246]
On 25 September, Ukrainian partisans set fire to a fuel truck and aUAZ vehicle belonging to theRussian Armed Forces in a nightime attack nearBerdiansk,Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[247]
On 28 September, Ukrainian guerillas from theDonetsk Oblast sabotaged a railway line inVolnovakha by destroying a relay cabinet in an arson attack. According to the partisans, the attack aimed at hindering the delivery of ammunition, equipment, and personnel to the frontline.[248]
On 1 October, the former Russian-installed mayor ofNova Kakhovka turned strongman of theKakhovka Raion,Volodymyr Leontiev, was killed by a Ukrainian "Baba Yaga drone".[nb 2][249][250]
On 6 October, Ukrainian guerillas destroyed a relay cabinet in an arson attack near the settlement ofChernihivka in theZaporizhzhia Oblast, rendering the railway line inoperable.[251]
On 18 October, theUkrainian Armed Forces struck a RussianBUK-M1 air defense system nearTokmak, which was previously uncovered by Ukrainian partisans, who published pictures in an online post, and reportedly passed on its location to the Ukrainian military.[252]
On 23 October, an explosive device touched off near theregional parliament of the Luhansk Oblast in the city ofLuhansk, occupiedEastern Ukraine. According to both Ukrainian and Russian media sources, the blast injured at least two persons, including an elderly man, who later died in hospital. Following the commencing of an investigation, Russian occupation authorities stated the explosion could be attributed to pro-Ukrainian militants, while Ukrainian media outlets published conflicting reports by locals, according to which ahand grenade was detonated as the result of a family dispute, or which blamed theFederal Security Service of the Russian Federation for staging afalse flag attack.[253][254][255]
On 26 October, pro-Ukrainian partisans blew up a section of a railway line near the settlement ofChernihivka in theZaporizhzhia Oblast. The explosion led to the derailment of a locomotive and at least ten railroad cars. No human casualties were reported.[256]
On 26 October, Ukrainian partisans disabled a section of a railway line in an arson attack near the settlement ofPiatykhatka,Russian-occupied Crimea. The railway line, which is connecting the northern CrimeanPerekopsk andArmiansk districts, leads further north to theKherson region, and is considered to be a vital supply line for theRussian Armed Forces in the region.[257][258]
On 29 October, Ukrainian guerillas belonging to theAtesh guerilla movement interrupted railway traffic in the town ofTokmak in theZaporihzhia region by burning a railway control cabinet.[259]
On 9 November, Ukrainian militants burned a relay cabinet in the northern suburbs of the regional capital ofSimferopol, Russian-occupiedCrimea. The partisans stated that the attack aimed at halting northbound railway traffic.[260]
On 16 November, Ukrainian militants belonging to theAtesh movement sabotaged a section of a railway line inNovobohdanivka, a settlement near the city ofMelitopol,Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[261]
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