Atesh

The movement was founded at the end of September 2022. On September 26, the oath of the soldier "Atesh" was published on the official Telegram channel, and on September 29, a video appeal of one of the partisans was made public with an appeal to join the movement.{{cite web|url= https://cybershafarat.com/2022/11/09/official-statement-of-the-atesh-movement/|title=Official statement of the Atesh movement | publisher = Treadstone 71 |website= The Cyber Shafarat |date=10 November 2022 |access-date=2022-11-18}}{{Cite web|title=Клятва воїна «Атеш» |url=https://t.me/atesh_ua/13|website=Telegram|date=2022-10-26|accessdate= 2023-01-10 |language=uk}}{{Cite web|title=В окупованому Криму з'явився підпільний рух українців, кримських татар та росіян «Атеш», які руйнуватимуть армію РФ зсередини |url=https://crimea.suspilne.media/ua/news/9269 |website=Suspilne |date= 2022-10-01 |accessdate= 2023-01-10 |language=uk}}

November 11, 2022: Partisans of the movement killed 30 Russian servicemen in hospitals in Simferopol.{{Cite web|title=Партизани ліквідували у лікарнях Сімферополя 30 окупантів|url=https://www.slovoidilo.ua/2022/11/13/novyna/bezpeka/partyzany-likviduvaly-likarnyax-simferopolya-30-okupantiv |website= Slovo i Dilo|date= 2022-12-11 |accessdate=2023-01-10|language=uk}}{{cite web|url= https://war.obozrevatel.com/ukr/partizanskij-ruh-atesh-zayaviv-pro-likvidatsiyu-30-okupantiv-v-gospitalyah-simferopolya-sered-nih-buli-zradniki-ukraini.htm|title=Партизанський рух АТЕШ заявив про ліквідацію 30 окупантів у госпіталях Сімферополя: серед них були зрадники України|website=Obozrevatel|date=2022-11-12|access-date= 2022-11-18 |language= uk}}

December 11, 2022: "Atesh" took responsibility for setting fire to barracks with Russian soldiers in the village Sovietske.{{Cite web|title= Партизани з "АТЕШ" взяли на себе відповідальність за підпал казарм у Криму |url= https://suspilne.media/336056-partizani-z-ates-vzali-na-sebe-vidpovidalnist-za-pidpal-kazarm-u-krimu/ |website= Suspilne|date=2022-12-11|accessdate=2023-01-10|language=uk}}

January 31, 2023: Partisans claim they killed two Russian National Guard officers.{{cite news |title=Atesh guerrillas in Crimea say they blew up Russian National Guards' car, killing two officers |url= https://english.nv.ua/nation/atesh-guerrillas-in-crimea-say-they-blew-up-russian-national-guards-car-killing-two-officers-50301175.html | publisher = NV | place = UA |access-date=31 January 2023}}

February 10, 2023: "Atesh" claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack that resulted in the deaths of two Russian soldiers and the hospitalisation of two others in occupied Nova Kakhovka.{{Cite web |url= https://t.me/atesh_ua/361|title=Движение «АТЕШ» продолжает ликвидировать оккупантов |website= Telegram |date=14 February 2023|access-date=16 February 2023|language=uk}}

March 14, 2023: Atesh claimed to have killed the deputy head of the military administration of Nova Kakhovka in a bomb attack.{{cite news | publisher = The Guardian | work = Ukraine war | type = live blog| title = Russia–Ukraine war gain deal can be extended by only sixty days, says Russian minister | url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/mar/14/russia-ukraine-war-grain-deal-can-be-extended-by-only-60-days-says-russian-minister-live-updates |access-date= 14 March 2023}}{{dead link|date=May 2024}}

April 23, 2023: Atesh claim to have blown up a Russian National Guard checkpoint near Oleshky resulting in multiple deaths.{{Cite news|url= https://sprotyv.mod.gov.ua/en/2023/04/25/partisans-blew-up-the-block-post-of-russians-near-oleshok/|title=Partisans blew up the block post of Russians near Oleshok | website= Sprotyv | publisher = MoD | place = UA |date=25 April 2023|access-date=27 April 2023}}

April 27, 2023: Partisans claim they killed two Russian soldiers in the village of Velyki Kopani.{{Cite web |title= Partisans killed two Russian soldiers who mocked Ukrainians in TOT | url=https://sprotyv.mod.gov.ua/en/2023/04/27/partisans-killed-two-russian-soldiers-who-mocked-ukrainians-in-that/|website= Sprotyv | archive-url = http://web.archive.org/web/20230501100610/https://sprotyv.mod.gov.ua/en/2023/04/27/partisans-killed-two-russian-soldiers-who-mocked-ukrainians-in-that/ | archive-date = 1 May 2023 | url-status = dead | publisher = MoD | place = UA |access-date=27 April 2023|date=27 April 2023}}

May 6, 2023: Partisans claimed responsibility for an assassination attempt of Zakhar Prilepin, a Russian writer and member of the A Just Russia — For Truth Party, in which a car bomb exploded as he crossed the Russian border from occupied Donbas. The car's driver was killed and Prilepin was seriously wounded, but survived.{{cite web |title=Захар Прилепин пришел в себя в больнице. В субботу на него было совершено покушение |url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-65507910 |website=BBC News |trans-title= Zakhar Prilepin regained consciousness in the hospital. On Saturday he was the victim of an assassination attempt |access-date=7 May 2023 |language=ru |date=6 May 2023}}

July 14, 2023: Partisans claimed responsibility for an ambush in Kherson that destroyed two Russian military trucks and killed 6 Russian military personnel.{{cite web |title=Partisans blow up two trucks with Russian invaders in Kherson region |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3736342-partisans-blow-up-two-trucks-with-russian-invaders-in-kherson-region.html |website=Ukrinform |date=16 July 2023 |access-date=12 August 2023}}

July 17, 2023: The Guardian interviewed Mustafa Dzhemilev in Kyiv about Atesh. He reported that Atesh maintains an online class for Russian draftees to carry out acts of sabotage claiming that 4,000 Russian troops have enrolled. He also claims that upwards of 1,000 Tatars would be willing to take up arms against Russian forces in Crimea, if they were just given the arms to do so. Dzemilev also stated that he hopes that after the liberation of Crimea there will be an amendment to the Constitution of Ukraine to turn Crimea into an autonomous "National Republic" with the Tatars as its indigenous people with special status.{{cite news|last= Borger|first=Julian|title=The underground Crimean Tatar group taking up arms against Russia |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/17/the-underground-crimean-tatar-group-taking-up-arms-against-russia |website=The Guardian |date=17 July 2023 |access-date=17 July 2023 }}

August 30, 2023: Atesh claimed responsibility for bombing a United Russia campaign office in Nova Kakhovka killing three Russian guards, and destroyed documents supporting the upcoming September 2023 regional elections.{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1= Angelica |last2= Stepanenko |first2=Kateryna |last3=Mappes |first3=Grace |last4=Harward |first4=Christina |last5=Kagan |first5= Frederick W. |title= Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 30, 2023 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-30-2023 |website= Understanding war | publisher = Institute for the Study of War |access-date=31 August 2023}}

September 25, 2023: Atesh claimed that they provided information used to plan Operation Crab Trap. They reportedly gained leaked information about the Black Sea Fleet by bribing Russian officers disgruntled by missed salary payments.{{Cite web |date= Sep 26, 2023|last=Epstein |first= Jake |title=Russian officers who hadn't been paid by Moscow sold key intel on the Black Sea Fleet to Ukrainian resistance fighters. Then the headquarters blew up. |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-officers-sold-black-sea-fleet-intel-ukrainian-fighters-report-2023-9 |access-date= 2023-09-26 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}

May 25, 2024: Atesh claimed responsibility for a sabotage attack near Yaroslavl. According to Atesh, an agent destroyed equipment at a substation.{{Cite web |date=25 May 2024 |title=ATESH sabotage in Moscow region |url=https://x.com/atesh_eng/status/1794179075726348585 |access-date=8 May 2025 |website=X (formerly Twitter) |language=en}}

June 12, 2024: An Atesh video confirmed destruction of an R-441 Liven satellite communication station in the Moscow region.[https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1deg22x/atesh_agent_destroyed_a_r441_liven_satellite/ Reddit.com]{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2025|reason=reddit.com is not a reliable source. Video only shows attempted sabotage, no verification of the sabotage working.}}

July 5, 2024: Agents of Atesh managed to carry out a successful operation on the Trans-Siberian Railway near Yekaterinburg, resulting in the destruction of the railway track along which North Korean ammunition was being transported.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-05 |title=Ukrainian partisans blow up railway carrying North Korean weapons |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukrainian-partisans-blow-railway-carrying-143909764.html |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-US}}

February 15, 2025: Atesh fighters sabotaged a Russian RP-377LA electronic warfare vehicle by pouring sugar into its fuel tank.{{Cite web | date=19 February 2025|title=Ukrainian partisans disrupt Russian electronic warfare system|url=https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/other/ukrainian-partisans-disrupt-russian-electronic-warfare-system/ar-AA1zlPDl|website=www.msn.com|access-date=7 March 2025|language=en}}

April 24, 2025: Believed to be Atesh operatives firebombed a Russian Su-30SM at the Rostov-on-Don airfield with tail number 35.{{Cite web |date=24 April 2025|title= Su-30SM fighter jet destroyed in Russia’s Rostov-on-Don, reports Ukraine's intelligence – video|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/04/24/7509038/|website=Ukrainska Pravda|access-date= 25 April 2025}}

May 8, 2025: the Ukrainian partisan group Atesh claimed responsibility for a sabotage attack near Moscow, disrupting communications of several Russian military units. According to Atesh, an agent destroyed equipment at a substation in Mogiltsy.{{Cite web |title=ATESH sabotage in Moscow region |url=https://x.com/atesh_eng/status/1920260104726982989/video/1 |website=X (formerly Twitter) |date=8 May 2025 |access-date=8 May 2025 |language=en}}

June 1, 2025: Atesh fighters undertook a sabotage operation on a railway in Donetsk Oblast, during Operation Spider's Web on the same day.{{Cite web |date=2025-06-01 |title=Pro-Ukraine partisans sabotage railway in Russia-occupied Donetsk Oblast, group claims |url=https://kyivindependent.com/pro-ukraine-partisans-sabotage-railway-in-russia-occupied-donetsk-oblast-group-claims/ |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=The Kyiv Independent |language=en}}

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