Atesh is a movement of resistance fighters who provide information to the kyiv army. The organization's approximately 1,800 agents operate today in Crimea, as in other occupied territories, and even in Russia.

One of these resistance fighters nicknames himself “ Dzhokhar ” – in homage to the Chechen separatist who defied Moscow. “ To communicate,” he explains, “ we cannot use Signal (an encrypted messaging service, Editor’s note: This article is reserved for subscribers. You have 82% left to discover.