Ukrainian partisan armed movement group Atesh has confirmed that it targeted and destroyed three communication towers in Russia.

The group took to Telegram yesterday (August 19) to confirm the attack against the communications infrastructure.

Atesh has previously carried out similar attacks on Russian communications infrastructure earlier this year, including on a communications facility in the Belgorod region in February.

The group warned at the time that it would continue to go after Russia's comms infrastructure.

Atesh was founded in September 2022, created by Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars following Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. The group operates in the occupied territories of Ukraine.

In Atesh's post this week, the group said its agents destroyed three communication towers near the villages of Darino, Malaya Loknya, and Sverdlikovo. Atesh also previously claimed responsibility for an attack on a communications tower in the Kursk region in January.

"These facilities maintained secure information channels and linked the command posts of occupation units operating in this area," said the group.

Atesh noted that the "loss of several network elements simultaneously led to disruptions in the exchange of operational information and the transmission of orders."

"This had a particularly noticeable impact on communication between the 83rd Separate Guards Airborne Assault Brigade and the 1443rd Motorized Rifle Regiment: coordinating actions, transmitting information, and responding to changing situations were hampered."

Since the start of the war in 2022, both sides have targeted each other's communications infrastructure.

Ukrainians have used drone attacks to target factories and other forms of critical infrastructure. The most notable example, Operation Spiderweb, took place in June of last year, when drones smuggled into Russia were able to attack several air bases.

Russia has resorted to shutting off Internet services amid the increase in Ukrainian drones, causing 654 intentional mobile data shutdowns in June 2025 alone.