Rukh Oporu

Rukh Oporu
Рух Опору
Corps Insignia
Active2014–present
Country Ukraine
Allegiance Armed Forces of Ukraine
Branch Ukrainian Ground Forces (2014–2016)
Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (2016–)
TypePartisan
RoleUnconventional warfare
Asymmetric warfare
SizeCorps
Part of Ukrainian Special Operations Forces
Nickname(s)Resistance Movement
EngagementsRusso-Ukrainian War
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel Vitaly Verbytsky
Insignia
Identification
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The Rukh Oporu (Ukrainian: Рух Опору, MUN A0987), translated as lit. Resistance Movement, is a corps-level unit of the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine tasked specifically with organizing, establishing, funding, training and coordinating as well as directly partaking in the Ukrainian resistance in Russian-occupied Ukraine employing sabotage, psychological as well as direct and indirect forms of warfare to disrupt the activities of the occupying forces and to demoralize their troops. It was covertly established in 2014 but was formally established in 2021.