Partisans say Russian EW antennas disabled in occupied Crimea
Atesh agents disabled an enemy electronic warfare system (Photo: Atesh)
Partisans from the Atesh movement said on Feb. 26 that their agents disabled Russian electronic warfare antennas near temporarily occupied Sevastopol in Crimea, creating what they described as an air corridor for Ukrainian drones.
In a statement posted on Telegram, Atesh said the sabotage was carried out ahead of the Day of Resistance to the Occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.
“Agents of Atesh carried out a successful sabotage operation at a communications facility where the occupiers had placed electronic warfare antennas,” the group said.
According to the movement, the equipment was mounted on a tower near the village of Honcharne and had been interfering with Ukrainian drone operations. The group published coordinates of the site: 44.515405, 33.667433.
Atesh said its agents set fire to relay cabinets at the base of the tower, where power electronics and high-frequency cables were located.
“When they are damaged, the antennas at the top turn into useless scrap metal — the signal simply doesn’t reach them. Restoring such equipment is extremely difficult, expensive and time-consuming,” the group said.
The partisans claimed that Russian electronic warfare systems in the area are currently fully disabled, opening an air corridor for the effective use of Ukrainian drones.
According to Atesh, several Russian military facilities of the Black Sea Fleet are located nearby and have now become easier targets for Ukraine’s Defense Forces. These include the 58th Material and Technical Support Center with communications equipment warehouses, the Alsu-2 backup command post, and the 15th Separate Coastal Missile and Artillery Brigade.
Earlier, on the night of Feb. 24, drones reportedly targeted temporarily occupied Crimea, with local residents reporting explosions in Sevastopol, Saky and at the Kacha airfield.
On Feb. 21, Atesh said that following a series of precise Ukrainian strikes, Russian activity at the Saky airfield in occupied Crimea had sharply declined. Russian forces have been hiding aircraft, drones and aviation equipment in reinforced hangars and relocating them to other sites, the group said.
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