A SECRETIVE group of resistance fighters are bravely taking the fight to Vladimir Putin deep behind enemy lines.

Atesh - rebels based in Crimea - are carrying out assassinations, bombing key logistics hubs, and even using drugs to hamstring the Russian war effort.

One of the group's commanders, Djohar Krym, has spoken exclusively to The Sun and revealed how Atesh is fighting for their homeland.

The rebels are providing key intelligence to Ukrainian spies by monitoring Russian troop movements infiltrating high-security military bases, and

Atesh - which means fire in the Crimean Tatar language - also carries out arson strikes and are preparing caches of weapons to launch an uprising.

They're one part of Ukraine 's effort inside Russia and the occupied territories trying to cri

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