January On 7 January,
Atesh partisans uncovered a command post of the
Russian military on the premises of a
sanatorium resort near the Crimean beach town of
Fedorivka in the
Saky district. The militant group posted the location in an online post and called on the
Armed Forces of Ukraine to target the location. On 22 January, Ukrainian guerillas set fire to a utility vehicle belonging to the
Russian Armed Forces in the city of
Donetsk. The attack happened near the base of the
Kalmius Brigade, a unit which was formerly part of local
Moscow-backed ethnic Russian militias in
Eastern Ukraine. On 29 January,
Atesh militants announced that they mapped out the locations of multiple Russian warehouses in
Crimea by tracking the movement of large fuel shipments.
February On 2 February, pro-Ukrainian posters and graffiti started to appear in the
Crimean cities of
Simferopol,
Feodosia and
Bakhchysarai with messages like: "Simferopol - Ukrainian city" or "Crimea is waiting for the
AFU", 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 like
Simeiz and
Balaklava, which are engaged in acts of
psychological warfare. On 4 February, reports arose of an increase in disappearances among Russian military personnel in
Tokmak and
Melitopol in Russian-controlled parts of
Zaporizhzhia 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. On 14 February, with the help of
forcefully conscripted Ukrainians from the
Luhansk region, pro-Ukrainian partisans belonging to the
Atesh movement entered a large Russian ammunition depot in the city of
Luhansk, and reportedly handed over the location to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. On 15 February,
Atesh guerillas sabotaged a Russian
RP-377LA electronic warfare vehicle in the occupied portion of the
Donetsk Oblast by pouring sugar into its fuel tank. On 20 February,
Yevgeny Bogdanov, the Russian-installed deputy head of the city administration of
Berdiansk in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast, was killed when a car bomb attached to his
Renault Duster touched off at about 6:05am local time on Skhidnyi Avenue in Berdiansk. Bogdanov, who was a Russian citizen from
Pikalyovo in the
Leningrad Oblast, arrived in the city after
it 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. On 28 February, Ukrainian partisans targeted an employee of the
FSB in a car bombing in the occupied city of
Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast. The attack, which happened at about 01:00am local time in the
Prymorskyi district in the western part of the city, injured the Russian serviceman severely and resulted in him being hospitalized in a critical condition.
March On 9 March,
Atesh partisans sabotaged a railway line near the village of
Stolbove in the
Dzhankoi district, northern
Crimea. The partisan group stated that the railway line was a vital supply line for the
Russian Armed Forces in the
Zaporizhzhia Oblast. On 12 March, Ukrainian partisans blew up a railway line with an
improvised explosive device, which according to them, was of "critical nature" for the logistics of the Russian military. The attack happened near the winegrowing village of
Pervomaika in the southern Crimean
Balaklava District near
Sevastopol. On 18 March, which marked the 11th anniversary of
Russia's unilateral annexation of Crimea, Crimean pro-Ukrainian activists belonging to the
Yellow Ribbon movement reportedly started a coordinated effort in all major Crimean cities to protest against the ongoing
Russian occupation of the peninsula. The activist distributed stickers and symbols, but also installed a
Ukrainian flag on top of the Basman Hora peak near
Hurzuf in
Southern Crimea. On 19 March, Ukrainian partisans destroyed a Russian electronic warfare system and a transportation vehicle in an arson attack in the
Budionnivskyi District, which is located in the southeastern part of the Russian-occupied regional capital of
Donetsk,
Eastern Ukraine. On 20 March, Ukrainian partisans reportedly killed two Russian military officers in a car bombing in the occupied resort town of
Skadovsk,
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. On 23 March, Ukrainian partisans set fire to a Russian military base and a nearby ammunition depot in the Russian-occupied port city of
Mariupol,
Eastern Ukraine. Multiple vehicles were reportedly destroyed as the result of the attack, as well as an unspecified amount of ammunition. On 29 March, pro-Ukrainian guerillas in the Russian-occupied part of the
Kherson Oblast destroyed another Russian electronic warfare vehicle of the type "Lorandit" in a nightime arson attack.
April On 3 April, a Russian
"Tigr" infantry mobility vehicle, which was carrying
Russia-affiliated Chechen soldiers, was ambushed by Ukrainian resistance fighters in the occupied city of
Melitopol,
Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The attack reportedly resulted in five casualties among the Russian servicemen. On 7 April, a court in Russian-occupied
Donetsk sentenced a 17-year-old Ukrainian boy from
Dokuchaevsk in
Donetsk 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 to
Ukrainian intelligence services. On 8 April, Ukrainian partisans infiltrated a Russian supply depot near
Kindratove in the
Dzhankoi Raion, northern
Crimea. 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 nearby
Azovske railway station. On 16 April, Ukrainian partisans from the
Atesh 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. On 27 April, Ukrainian partisans successfully sabotaged a railway line near
Stanytsia Luhanska in the Russian-occupied part of the
Luhansk Oblast by setting fire to a relay cabinet.
May On 14 May, a local Ukrainian partisan cell in the southern
Kherson Oblast torched an electrical shaft on a railway line near the village of
Oleksiivka in the
Henichesk district, rendering it useless as the result of the attack. On 15 May, the
FSB arrested a 51-year-old and a 54-year-old man in Russian-occupied
Sevastopol for allegedly transferring data on missile strike targets to
Ukrainian 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 the
Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. On 20 May, unknown assailants ambushed a Russian
UAZ Patriot vehicle with an
improvised explosive device when it was driving between the cities of
Skadovsk and
Antonivka in occupied part of the
Kherson Oblast. The attack reportedly killed four Russian servicemen from
Chechnya. On 21 May,
Atesh guerillas destroyed an electronical warfare vehicle in
Henichesk, southeastern
Kherson Oblast. On 21 May, a court in occupied
Sevastopol sentenced a local man to 18 years in a high-security penal colony on "treason" charges for allegedly aiding the
Ukrainian Armed Forces, particularly by "searching and moving ammunition caches on the territory of the
Crimean peninsula". On 31 May, Ukrainian guerillas reportedly used an
improvised explosive device in an attack on a train, which was carrying Russian military supplies near
Yakymivka in the
Melitopol district,
Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The bombing resulted the derailment of multiple wagons.
June On 1 June, pro-Ukrainian militants belonging to the
Atesh movement blew up a section of a newly constructed railway line between the cities of
Volnovakha and
Mariupol in the Russian-occupied part of the
Donetsk Oblast. On 10 June, Ukrainian partisans destroyed a vehicle belonging to a Russian drone detachment in a
nighttime raid in
Melitopol, Russian-occupied
Zaporizhzhia Oblast. On 12 June, Ukrainian insurgents from
Melitopol launched another attack on Russian security forces, in which partisans from the
Atesh movement set fire to an
Ural 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. On 18 June, unknown attackers gunned down
Mykhailo Hrytsai, a local collaborator from occupied
Berdiansk in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, he temporarily served as the Russian-installed mayor of the city. According to the
Ukrainian military intelligence service, he was involved in various
war crimes such as
torture 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. On 28 June, Atesh partisans destroyed a signal cabinet next to a railway line in
Yasynuvata, Donetsk Oblast.
July On 3 July,
Manolis Pilavov, the former Russian-installed
Mayor of Luhansk, was killed by an
improvised explosive device on Taras Shevchenko Street in
Luhansk. 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. On 4 July, three Russian drone operators from the Bars-Sarmat special purpose center were killed by an explosive device that exploded within their
Chevrolet Aveo near the village of
Strilkove,
Kherson Oblast. On 6 July, Ukrainian partisans burned another relay cabinet in the
railway town of
Debaltseve,
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 the
Russian Armed Forces. On 10 July, Ukrainian partisans destroyed a railway control box in a nighttime arson attack near the town of
Uvarove, Crimea. On 10 July, with the assistance of
Ukrainian military intelligence services, local pro-Ukrainian partisans attacked a command post of the
National Guard of Russia in the city of
Melitopol, occupied
Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The plot reportedly killed five Russian soldiers and led to the destruction of vital communication assets. On 13 July, guerillas belonging to the
Atesh movement targeted a car used by Chechen soldiers in an arson attack in occupied
Mariupol,
Donetsk Oblast. The vehicle suffered irreparable damage, yet no human casualties were reported. On 17 July, Russian
Telegram 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 in
Panteleimonivka, Donetsk region. On 27 July, another relay cabinet next to a railway line in
Novooleksiivka in the southern Kherson Oblast was destroyed in an arson attack, for which Ukrainian militants claimed responsibility in an online post.
August On 2 August, five
Russia-affiliated Chechen soldiers died in the city of
Melitopol in the occupied part of
Zaporizhzhia Oblast when Ukrainian partisans ambushed their car by using an
IED. On 3 August, Ukrainian militants belonging to the
Atesh partisan movement burned a relay cabinet on a railway line north of
Berdiansk, 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 the
Russian Armed Forces in the region. On 17 August, Ukrainian partisans sabotaged a railway line in the northern
Luhansk Oblast in Russian-occupied
Eastern Ukraine by setting fire to another relay cabinet. According to the militants, the railway is of significant logistical importance for the
Russian military, as it directly connects the
Rostov region in
Russia with the northern part of
Ukraine's easternmost province. On 22 August, a Russian supply convoy belonging to a military unit, which participated in the
Bucha Massacre, was ambushed in the town of
Kalynove near the city of
Pervomaisk in the western
Luhansk Oblast. In addition to material damage, the attack resulted in the death of three Russian soldiers, while two more servicemen suffered injuries. On 24 August, Ukrainian militants blew up a railway control cabinet near occupied
Melitopol,
Zaporizhzhia Oblast. 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 of
Voskresenka in the
Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
September On 2 September, Ukrainian partisans carried out another attack on railway infrastructure near the town of
Debaltseve in the
Donetsk Oblast, which was already previously described as an important logistical hub in Russian-occupied
Eastern Ukraine. On 4 September, local guerillas belonging to the
Atesh partisan movement helped guiding a Ukrainian missile strike that targeted an oil depot in the occupied city of
Luhansk,
Eastern Ukraine. On 6 September, activists of the
Yellow Ribbon movement claimed responsibility for distributing Ukrainian flags and ribbons, as well as for hanging posters in the cities of
Donetsk,
Luhansk,
Perevalsk and
Alchevsk, occupied
Eastern Ukraine. On 25 September, Ukrainian partisans set fire to a fuel truck and a
UAZ vehicle belonging to the
Russian Armed Forces in a nightime attack near
Berdiansk,
Zaporizhzhia Oblast. On 28 September, Ukrainian guerillas from the
Donetsk Oblast sabotaged a railway line in
Volnovakha 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.
October On 1 October, the former Russian-installed mayor of
Nova Kakhovka turned strongman of the
Kakhovka Raion,
Volodymyr Leontiev, was killed by a Ukrainian "
Baba Yaga drone". On 6 October, Ukrainian guerillas destroyed a relay cabinet in an arson attack near the settlement of
Chernihivka in the
Zaporizhzhia Oblast, rendering the railway line inoperable. On 18 October, the
Ukrainian Armed Forces struck a Russian
BUK-M1 air defense system near
Tokmak, which was previously uncovered by Ukrainian partisans, who published pictures in an online post, and reportedly passed on its location to the Ukrainian military. On 23 October, an explosive device touched off near the
regional parliament of the Luhansk Oblast in the city of
Luhansk, occupied
Eastern 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 a
hand grenade was detonated as the result of a family dispute, or which blamed the
Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation for staging a
false flag attack. On 26 October, pro-Ukrainian partisans blew up a section of a railway line near the settlement of
Chernihivka in the
Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The explosion led to the derailment of a locomotive and at least ten railroad cars. No human casualties were reported. On 26 October, Ukrainian partisans disabled a section of a railway line in an arson attack near the settlement of
Piatykhatka,
Russian-occupied Crimea. The railway line, which is connecting the northern Crimean
Perekopsk and
Armiansk districts, leads further north to the
Kherson region, and is considered to be a vital supply line for the
Russian Armed Forces in the region. On 29 October, Ukrainian guerillas belonging to the
Atesh guerilla movement interrupted railway traffic in the town of
Tokmak in the
Zaporihzhia region by burning a railway control cabinet.
November On 9 November, Ukrainian militants burned a relay cabinet in the northern suburbs of the regional capital of
Simferopol, Russian-occupied
Crimea. The partisans stated that the attack aimed at halting northbound railway traffic. On 16 November, Ukrainian militants belonging to the
Atesh movement sabotaged a section of a railway line in
Novobohdanivka, a settlement near the city of
Melitopol,
Zaporizhzhia Oblast. On 29 November, with the aid of the
Ukrainian military intelligence services, Ukrainian partisans attacked a concentration of vehicles belonging to a
Chechen unit of the Russian National Guard near the city of
Berdiansk,
Zaporizhzhia Oblast. According to Ukrainian sources, the blast resulted in multiple casualties among the Russian servicemen. In late July, they carried out a similar attack that killed three Russian National Guardsmen with no losses of their own.
December On 1 December, the
FSB stated that they have killed a Ukrainian allegedly recruited by the HUR and arrested another for attempted to assassinate a military official in Crimea. On 5 December, Ukrainian militants blew up a
Lada Niva, which was carrying Russian soldiers by using a roadside explosive in the coastal town of
Skadovsk,
Kherson Oblast. On 16 December, hundreds of leaflets with pro-Ukrainian messages defying the Russian occupation started to appear in the occupied city of
Luhansk,
Eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian partisan organization
Atesh claimed responsibility for the campaign. On 27 December, Ukrainian militants raided and destroyed a communication hub of the
Russian Armed Forces in a nighttime attack in the village of
Vasylivka, a suburb of
Berdiansk in the
Zaporizhzhia Oblast. ==2026==