Ukraine's partisans report 'panic' among Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, claim Russian officers' families have fled

Ukraine's partisans report 'panic' among Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, claim Russian officers' families have fled

Families of senior officers in Russia’s Black Sea Fleet have left Crimea in recent weeks, the Ukrainian partisan group Atesh reported on April 20.The group claimed that an internal directive was issued by Russian authorities in early April, mandating heightened security measures at military installations across Crimea. This reportedly includes increased surveillance, covert patrols conducted by reservists in civilian clothing, and efforts to con…

Russian Black Sea Fleet Officers Rush Families Out of Crimea. Here’s What We Know

Families of senior officers from Russia’s Black Sea Fleet have reportedly begun leaving occupied Crimea in large numbers, according to a statement by the Ukrainian partisan movement ATESH, published via its official Telegram channel on April 19. Citing their underground sources, ATESH claims that nearly all families of high-ranking Black Sea Fleet personnel have already departed from the peninsula. Families of senior Black Sea Fleet officers fl…

This is stated in the message of the guerrilla movement “Atesh” in Telegram. “Now there is panic in the parts of the ChF of the Russian Federation — according to our data, in early April there was a directive “from above” on the application of additional security measures at military facilities on the peninsula,” the guerrillas note. According to Atesh, in the bays of Sevastopol, reservists of the “BARS” formation in civilian clothes carry out c…

In early April, a directive was received “from above”.

The Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation is engulfed in panic