Atesh (Crimean Tatar: Ateş, literally "Fire", Ukrainian: Атеш) is a military partisan movement in the occupied territories of Ukraine, as well as in the territory of Russia,[1] created by Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars in September 2022 as a result of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine in 2022.[2][3]
| Atesh | |
|---|---|
| Атеш | |
 | |
| Political leader | Mustafa Dzhemilev |
| Foundation | September 2022 |
| Dates of operation | 2022–present |
| Country |  Ukraine Russia |
| Ideology | Ukrainian nationalism Anti-imperialism Anti-Putinism |
| Political position | Big tent |
| Allies |  Popular Resistance of Ukraine
 Berdiansk Partisan Army |
| Battles and wars | |
| Website | Atesh on Telegram |
History
editThe 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.[4][5][6]
November 11, 2022: Partisans of the movement killed 30 Russian servicemen in hospitals in Simferopol.[7][8]
December 11, 2022: "Atesh" took responsibility for setting fire to barracks with Russian soldiers in the village Sovietske.[9]
January 31, 2023: Partisans claim they killed two Russian National Guard officers.[10]
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.[11]
March 14, 2023: Atesh claimed to have killed the deputy head of the military administration of Nova Kakhovka in a bomb attack.[12]
April 23, 2023: Atesh claim to have blown up a Russian National Guard checkpoint near Oleshky resulting in multiple deaths.[13]
April 27, 2023: Partisans claim they killed two Russian soldiers in the village of Velyki Kopani.[14]
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.[15]
July 14, 2023: Partisans claimed responsibility for an ambush in Kherson that destroyed two Russian military trucks and killed 6 Russian military personnel.[16]
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.[17]
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.[18]
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.[19]
June 12, 2024: An Atesh video confirmed destruction of a R-441 Liven satellite communication station in the Moscow region.[20]
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. [21]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Официальное заявление движения «Атеш»". Telegram (in Russian). 2022-10-25. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ "Telegram: Contact @atesh_ua". t.me. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
- ^ "Ukraine war: Atesh, the group spying on Russians in occupied Crimea". BBC News. 2024-01-06. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ^ "Official statement of the Atesh movement". The Cyber Shafarat. Treadstone 71. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
- ^ "Клятва воїна «Атеш»". Telegram (in Ukrainian). 2022-10-26. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ "В окупованому Криму з'явився підпільний рух українців, кримських татар та росіян «Атеш», які руйнуватимуть армію РФ зсередини". Suspilne (in Ukrainian). 2022-10-01. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ "Партизани ліквідували у лікарнях Сімферополя 30 окупантів". Slovo i Dilo (in Ukrainian). 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ "Партизанський рух АТЕШ заявив про ліквідацію 30 окупантів у госпіталях Сімферополя: серед них були зрадники України". Obozrevatel (in Ukrainian). 2022-11-12. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
- ^ "Партизани з "АТЕШ" взяли на себе відповідальність за підпал казарм у Криму". Suspilne (in Ukrainian). 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ "Atesh guerrillas in Crimea say they blew up Russian National Guards' car, killing two officers". UA: NV. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ "Движение «АТЕШ» продолжает ликвидировать оккупантов". Telegram (in Ukrainian). 14 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Russia–Ukraine war gain deal can be extended by only sixty days, says Russian minister". Ukraine war (live blog). The Guardian. Retrieved 14 March 2023.[dead link]
- ^ "Partisans blew up the block post of Russians near Oleshok". Sprotyv. UA: MoD. 25 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ "Partisans killed two Russian soldiers who mocked Ukrainians in TOT". Sprotyv. UA: MoD. 27 April 2023. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ "Захар Прилепин пришел в себя в больнице. В субботу на него было совершено покушение" [Zakhar Prilepin regained consciousness in the hospital. On Saturday he was the victim of an assassination attempt]. BBC News (in Russian). 6 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Partisans blow up two trucks with Russian invaders in Kherson region". Ukrinform. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ Borger, Julian (17 July 2023). "The underground Crimean Tatar group taking up arms against Russia". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Evans, Angelica; Stepanenko, Kateryna; Mappes, Grace; Harward, Christina; Kagan, Frederick W. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 30, 2023". Understanding war. Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ Epstein, Jake (Sep 26, 2023). "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". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ Reddit.com
- ^ "Ukrainian partisans blow up railway carrying North Korean weapons". Yahoo News. 2024-07-05. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
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