Methodology
These incidents are gathered by monitoring a selection of 46 separate online Ukrainian and Russian sources to identify violent resistance acts committed by Ukrainian partisans inside the occupied territories or Russia, or committed by Ukrainian-connected or Ukrainian-run partisans inside Russia. The sources are not shared, so as not to draw attention to them, some of which have small reach or are private. We triangulate the events identified against occupation sourcing and/or other Ukrainian sources before including them. Nevertheless, these cases must be treated with caution, and as indicative rather than representative.
464
Total verified incidents
Dec 2024 – May 2026
271
Occupied territory incidents
All monitored oblasts
193
Russian Federation incidents
Within RF territory
23
Peak fortnight
14–27 Aug 2025
Incidents by Type
Non-violent resistance
711 documented non-violent resistance acts recorded in the same period - leafleting, symbolic acts, database breaches, and acts of public defiance. These are tracked separately from violent incidents.