1 Institute for the Study of War 2022
Interactive Map and Assessment: Verified
Ukrainian Partisans Attacks Against Russian
Occupation Forces
Date: November 1, 2022
George Barros and Noel Mikkelsen
Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of verified Ukrainian Partisan Attacks. ISW will
update this map as we confirm more attacks.
Key Takeaway: Effective Ukrainian partisan attacks are forcing the Kremlin to divert
resources away from the frontline operations to help secure rear areas, degrading
Russia’s ability to defend against ongoing Ukrainian counteroffensives, let alone
conduct their own offensive operations. Poor Russian operational security has enabled
Ukrainian partisan attacks. Russia’s increasing manpower shortages are likely
degrading Russian forces’ ability to effectively secure Russian rear areas against partisan
attacks and simultaneously defend against Ukrainian counteroffensives. The Kremlin
still has not effectively countered Ukraine’s organized partisan movement and is
unlikely to have the capabilities to do so.
Note on methodology: This curated list of confirmed Ukrainian partisan attacks
contains only events that ISW can verify with high confidence using visual evidence,
remotely sensed data, or Russian and Ukrainian source corroboration. This list only
includes events that official Ukrainian government entities have claimed or discussed.
ISW has observed several reported partisan attacks that have not met this high-
confidence threshold. This dataset is likely a small subset of all actual Ukrainian
partisan attacks. This list does not include Ukrainian partisan reconnaissance or fire
