Ukrainian partisans have launched an assault on Melitopol city in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, killing “several” Russians servicemen on June 12.
The pro-Ukrainian Atesh partisan group claimed responsibility for the attack in a post on Telegram app. "Our fighters set fire to an army Ural truck, and several occupiers on duty now remain in the fields of Zaporizhzhia forever," Atesh said.
In yet another operation, Atesh group struck Russian-held Makiivka city in eastern Donetsk region. The partisan group claimed that Ukrainian forces struck four buses and a military Kamaz with HIMARS, carrying Russian soldiers. The group claimed killing over 20 Russian soldiers in the attack, however, this report has yet to be confirmed.
The group says the June 12 attack will mark the start of Russia's annual national holiday. "A gift for Russia Day: Atesh agents carried out sabotage in the Melitopol region... Atesh agents conveyed 'congratulations' to the occupiers: one of our fighters set fire to an army Ural truck," the group stated.
Atesh partisans regularly conducts sabotage attacks in Russia and Ukraine's Russian-held territories. In the recent attack on June 10, the partisan movement Atesh reported that it had eliminated a drone operator vehicle of the Russian 64th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade within the occupied city of Melitopol.
