Russian Serviceman Shares Intelligence With Ukrainian Partisans, Enabling Strikes in Donetsk Region

Ukrainian forces have destroyed a Russian command post and missile launchers near Manhush in the temporarily occupied part of Ukraine’s Donetsk region, following intelligence provided by an agent of the Ukrainian partisan movement ATESH.

According to ATESH on October 28, the operation was made possible through cooperation with a Russian serviceman mobilized in 2022 who contacted the movement after experiencing repeated abuse by his commanders.

The serviceman provided intelligence that allowed ATESH operatives to identify an entire Russian military position, including a command post and field ammunition depots, rather than individual targets.

ATESH said the coordinates of the identified facilities were promptly passed to Ukraine’s Defense Forces, enabling precision strikes against Russian military positions in the area.

According to the movement, the strikes destroyed the command post and Russian launchers, while also disrupting communications and command-and-control operations.

ATESH also claimed the operation significantly reduced Russian forces’ ability to coordinate military activities and conduct fire missions in the affected sector.

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The reported operation follows another ATESH effort to disrupt Russian military communications, this time near Moscow.

On October 21, the movement reported that its operatives were targeting communications infrastructure near IXcellerate, one of Moscow’s largest commercial data centers, in an effort to interfere with Russian air-defense coordination and facilitate Ukrainian drone strikes.

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