A Ukrainian group says it's wreaking havoc on Russian occupiers, from directing missile strikes to trolling them with the national anthem
A secretive Ukrainian group detailed its acts of sabotage against Russian occupiers in Ukraine.
The National Resistance Center aims to inflict psychological pressure on Russian troops.
Their operation has grown so much it has now become "uncontrollable" for Russia, a spokesperson said.
A secretive group of Ukrainians took responsibility for what it called a string of devastating sabotage attack on Russian-held territory.
The group, the National Resistance Center, is run by Ukraine's special forces. It organizes local volunteers in occupied Ukraine with an aim to "turn the life of the occupiers into hell," per its website.
A representative of the group described its efforts to the Kyiv Post. The spokesperson, identified only as Ostap, said the NRC was instrumental in a devastating late-July missile attack on Russian soldiers massed on a beach.
Per Ostap, NRC members tipped off the Ukrainian military about the gathering, enabling them to launch an attack with the US-provided HIMARS missile system. The NRC also mentioned its involvement at the time.
Ostap said that NRC members caused lower-level disruption too, like an electrician who cut the power to local Russian authorities.
Other instances included displaying patriotic Ukrainian symbols in occupied territory, countering Russian efforts to erase the identity of the areas and subsume it into Russia.
One such act involved taking over a Bluetooth speaker within earshot of Russian soldiers and getting it to play Ukraine's national anthem, he said.
The NRC spokesperson said their aim is to inflict psychological pressure on the Russian military.
The group drew inspiration from the WWII-era French Resistance, which worse down occupying Nazi forces for years until they were forced back by the Allies.
Ostap cited the famous example of a factory manager for the French car company Citroën who sabotaged the Nazis by putting the notch on the oil dipstick in the wrong place on its cars, which resulted in engine seizures.
While the story is almost a century old, Ostap said the examples of WWII gave his group clues about "what" and "how" to conduct them.
He refused to divulge the number of partisans involved in such operations. But he said their operation has grown so much that it has now become "uncontrollable".
According to US intelligence officials quoted by CNN, Ukraine has indeed developed a network of operatives and allies within Russia to commit sabotage against Russian targets and has given them drones to stage assaults.
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