Ukrainian strikes are pummelling enemy targets in Russian-held territory, disrupting supply lines and sparking a fuel crisis – often guided by the unseen hands of a secret army behind enemy lines.
Thousand of underground Ukrainian agents are working in occupied parts of the country to weaken Vladimir Putin’s grip on their homeland, supplying intelligence on high-value targets to the Ukrainian military, carrying out sabotage operations and undermining Russia’s efforts to absorb these territories.
Atesh, a movement that grew out of Crimea’s Tartar community after the full-scale invasion of 2022, is at the forefront of this resistance.
The group claims to have supplied crucial information to the Ukrainian military over the past month that assisted successful strikes on Russia’s Perevalne base and Saki airfield in Crimea. The military said it could not confirm details of its collaboration with resistance groups for security reasons.
Atesh agents also documented the aftermath of strikes on Russian radar positions, and a partial withdrawal of enemy forces from the strategic Kinburn Spit, in order to inform army damage assessments.
