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 |
| Type | Special forces |
| Role | Special operations Direct action Special reconnaissance Intelligence gathering Psychological warfare |
| Part of | Special Operations Forces (Ukraine) |
| Engagements | |
| Website | sprotyv |
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
- ^ "Ukrainian Guerillas: Fighting Russians in Temporarily Occupied Territories". Jamestown. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ "Ukraine launches website of Center for National Resistance". www.ukrinform.net. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ "National Resistance center - Центр національного спротиву". sprotyv.mod.gov.ua. 2022-04-04. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ "Про основи національного спротиву". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ "Набув чинності закон про національний спротив". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ "Як чинити спротив окупантам – бійці ССО розробили практичний порадник". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ "Спротив окупації. Окупанти не можуть знайти студентів у свої псевдоуніверситети, а місцеві продовжують поширювати українську символіку". tyzhden.ua. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ "Центр національного спротиву - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ "ССО отримали дані про "бучанських катів" - уссурійську десантно-штурмову бригаду". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-07-22.