Atesh (movement)

Atesh (Crimean Tatar: Ateş, literally "Fire", Ukrainian: Атеш, romanized: Atesh) is a military partisan movement in the occupied territories of Ukraine, as well as in the territory of Russia,[1] created by Ukrainians, Crimean Tatars and Russians in September 2022 as a result of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine in 2022.[2]

Atesh
Атеш
FoundationSeptember 2022
Dates of operation2022–present
Country Ukraine
 Russia
Allies Popular Resistance of Ukraine

Yellow Ribbon

Berdiansk Partisan Army
Battles and wars
WebsiteAtesh on Telegram

History

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.[3][4][5]

November 11, 2022: Partisans of the movement killed 30 Russian servicemen in hospitals in Simferopol.[6][7]

December 11, 2022: "Atesh" took responsibility for setting fire to barracks with Russian soldiers in the village Sovietske.[8]

January 31, 2023: Partisans claim they killed two Russian National Guard officers.[9]

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.[10]

March 14, 2023: Atesh claimed to have killed the deputy head of the military administration of Nova Kakhovka in a bomb attack.[11]

April 23, 2023: Atesh claim to have blown up a Russian National Guard checkpoint near Oleshky resulting in multiple deaths.[12]

April 27, 2023: Partisans claim they killed two occupiers in the village of Velyki Kopani.[13]

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.[14]

See also

References
  1. "Официальное заявление движения «Атеш»". Telegram (in Russian). 2022-10-25. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  2. "Telegram: Contact @atesh_ua". t.me. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  3. "Official statement of the ATESH movement - The Cyber Shafarat - Treadstone 71". cybershafarat.com. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  4. "Клятва воїна «Атеш»". Telegram (in Ukrainian). 2022-10-26. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  5. "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.
  6. "Партизани ліквідували у лікарнях Сімферополя 30 окупантів". Slovo i Dilo (in Ukrainian). 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  7. "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.
  8. "Партизани з "АТЕШ" взяли на себе відповідальність за підпал казарм у Криму". Suspilne (in Ukrainian). 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  9. "Atesh guerrillas in Crimea say they blew up Russian National Guards' car, killing two officers". Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  10. "Движение «АТЕШ» продолжает ликвидировать оккупантов". www.t.me (in Ukrainian). 14 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  11. "The Guardian Ukraine war live blog". Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  12. "PARTISANS BLEW UP THE BLOCK POST OF RUSSIANS NEAR OLESHOK". www.sprotyv.mod.gov.ua. 25 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  13. "PARTISANS KILLED TWO RUSSIAN SOLDIERS WHO MOCKED UKRAINIANS IN THAT". www.sprotyv.mod.gov.ua. 27 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  14. "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.
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