"Russians are preparing to defend Crimea!," ATESH movement reports.

Agents of the "ATESH" continue to provide information about the movement of occupying forces on the peninsula. Recently, there has been an interesting trend of accumulating armored vehicles in Crimea.

"According to our information, about 31 tanks arrived in Yevpatoriya not long ago, indicating the transfer of an entire tank battalion," the message reads.

"Our agent managed to communicate with one of the officers of this unit. From the dialogue, it was revealed that the tank battalion was transferred to the territory of Crimea as part of the reinforcement of the Crimean grouping," reports Atesh.

The information we obtained has been processed and promptly passed on to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.