National Resistance Center of Ukraine

Center of National Resistance of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Центр національного спротиву) was created in March 2022, with the beginning of the full-scale aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, the under the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[1][2]

National Resistance Center of Ukraine
Центр національного спротиву
Emblem of the National Resistance Center of Ukraine
Country Ukraine
TypeSpecial forces
RoleSpecial operations
Direct action
Special reconnaissance
Intelligence gathering
Psychological warfare
Part ofSpecial Operations Forces (Ukraine)
Engagements
Websitesprotyv.mod.gov.ua

The aim of creating the Center is to teach the civilian population of Ukraine methods of non-violent resistance to the enemy. At the beginning of its activity, the Center focused its efforts mostly on the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.[3]

The Center operates within the framework of "On the Foundations of National Resistance" law, which was adopted on July 16, 2021,[4] by Ukrainian parliament and entered into force on January 1, 2022.[5]

The website contains manuals with recommendations on various forms of resistance against the occupiers - both with weapons and non-violent forms. In addition, there is a number of educational materials on tactical medicine, cyber security, tactics, intelligence, etc.[6] The Center systematically reports news from the temporarily occupied territories in various Ukrainian media and maintains contact with the population living there.[7]

The center has its own channel on YouTube, where news and video instructions for guerilla fighters are published.[8]

On July 20, 2022, the National Resistance Center published information about Russian soldiers from the 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade (military unit 71289, garrison - the city of Ussuriysk, Primorsky Krai), who committed war crimes in the city of Bucha near Kyiv.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Ukrainian Guerillas: Fighting Russians in Temporarily Occupied Territories". Jamestown. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
  2. ^ "Ukraine launches website of Center for National Resistance". www.ukrinform.net. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
  3. ^ "National Resistance center - Центр національного спротиву". sprotyv.mod.gov.ua. 2022-04-04. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
  4. ^ "Про основи національного спротиву". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-07-22.
  5. ^ "Набув чинності закон про національний спротив". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-07-22.
  6. ^ "Як чинити спротив окупантам – бійці ССО розробили практичний порадник". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-07-22.
  7. ^ "Спротив окупації. Окупанти не можуть знайти студентів у свої псевдоуніверситети, а місцеві продовжують поширювати українську символіку". tyzhden.ua. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
  8. ^ "Центр національного спротиву - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
  9. ^ "ССО отримали дані про "бучанських катів" - уссурійську десантно-штурмову бригаду". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-07-22.