Residents of temporarily occupied Crimea tirelessly continue to resist the occupiers every day, demonstrating courage and loyalty to Ukraine, and trust in de-occupation. We’re going to let you know about public attitudes among Crimean residents in our regular column #resistance_movement. 

• In occupied Yevpatoriia, a woman publicly criticized the Russian military servicemen at a city bus stop, calling them occupiers and urging Russians not to go to occupied Crimea but to stay in Russia. The woman was detained and forced to apologize on camera, and the materials were sent to the “court”. 
• The occupiers sentenced a 44-year-old resident of Yalta to five years in prison for allegedly sending a messenger with representatives of the Security Service of Ukraine, where the man allegedly expressed a desire to join the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He allegedly passed information about the Russian military in Crimea to the Security Service of Ukraine and expressed his readiness to commit acts of sabotage against Russian military facilities in occupied Crimea.
• Activists of the Yellow Ribbon movement continue to resist the occupiers in Crimea, destroying copies of propaganda materials and distributing patriotic symbols in occupied cities on the peninsula, particularly in Simferopol, Sevastopol, and Yalta. 
• Activists of the Crimean Combat Seagulls movement continue to expose the personal data of collaborators and Russian war criminals in occupied Crimea.
• The Zla Mavka resistance movement continues to publish its diaries and a weekly newspaper that reveals the occupiers’ crimes. The activists also distributed patriotic leaflets in occupied Simferopol.
• Activists of the ATESH resistance movement conducted a reconnaissance of the Khersones airfield in Sevastopol. They found dugouts and Russian soldiers patrolling the entire perimeter. A Raptor patrol boat was also spotted during the surveillance, indicating a high level of security at the facility. In addition, ATESH noted that recently, the occupiers have begun to pass through the cities very quickly and not stay there for long, fearing surveillance and photography by residents of the occupied peninsula. The activists also scouted new firing points of the invaders in occupied Yevpatoriia, the number of which has increased significantly. The occupiers are also actively modernizing and strengthening their previous positions, which indicates that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are preparing for the worst-case scenario at the front and a possible landing of Ukrainian troops in Crimea.

New illegal administrative proceedings in the occupation courts of Crimea under the article on the so-called “discrediting the Russian Armed Forces” also testify to the growing resistance. As of June 13, 2024, 847 cases of materials drawn up under Art. 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation were recorded in the so-called “courts” in temporarily occupied Crimea and other competent authorities. In 755 of these cases, a decision was made to impose an administrative penalty in the form of a fine or to join the case to another case under another article and make a cumulative decision. In 10 cases, the materials are still being considered. Based on gender, 309 (41%) decisions were issued against women and 446 (59%) against men. In total, the aggregate amount of fines imposed has already amounted to at least 23.7 million Russian rubles.

We thank each one of you for your courage and clear civic position. Crimea is Ukraine, and we are fighting together to bring the Crimean Peninsula back under Ukraine’s control as soon as possible, and to bring a sense of security to our citizens from the temporarily occupied territories.

Glory to Ukraine!