(The resistance) - 'The growing partisan movement in Ukraine .. “Death to the occupiers”..'

'As the war drags on, cities taken over by Russian forces in East and Southeast Ukraine have seen an increase in resistance from civilian groups seeking to sabotage the enemy. A look at the growing civilian resistance in Ukraine and its history.

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“Death to the occupiers”, reads a poster circulating on social media purportedly put up by partisan groups on the streets of Ukraine’s Kherson. As the war drags on, cities taken over by Russian forces in East and Southeast Ukraine have seen an increase in resistance from civilian groups seeking to sabotage the enemy. The bombing of a café frequented by Russian forces in Kherson earlier this month, a massive explosion outside the pro-Kremlin head’s office in Melitopol in May, and a recent targeted attack on the employees of the Russian Ministry of Emergencies in Mariupol have been attributed to partisan forces.

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This isn’t the first time the civilians of Ukraine have taken up arms against occupying forces. Much before the occupation by Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union had staked claim over the territory, while western Ukraine was under the Polish government. Veterans of the independence struggle kept up the nationalistic fervour, resisting these regimes, which were largely said to be violent in their takeover..

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..In 1945, the Partisans had successfully managed to drive out the Germans with the help of the Soviets who arrived in 1944. Nationalist partisans continued to fight well into the 1950s against the Soviets as well.'

- Explained: The growing partisan movement in Ukraine and its history in Europe, June 22, 2022



Context

Growing partisan movement of Kherson Oblast now bombs collaborators, June 25, 2022

‘The occupier should never feel safe’: rise in partisan attacks in Ukraine, June 6, 2022

The secret battlefield: How the EU can help Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine protect against Russian subversion, December 15, 2021


'Russia has a hunger plan .. to destroy the Ukrainian state .. to starve Asians and Africans..' - Timothy Snyder

(Russia's war of brutality)(Complete withdrawal from Ukraine (Crimea and the Donbas)) - '..the will of the West to continue backing Ukraine with arms and other supplies .. maintenance..'