It has defined itself as an anti-authoritarian and anti-imperialist organisation, and has demanded a number of reforms including mass debt relief, the introduction of a welfare system and the self-management of society.

[3] When the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine came on 24 February 2022, Ukrainian anarchists quickly formed a consensus on the need to resist it, despite initial disagreements over command structure.

[6] Although initially unwilling to integrate into larger structures, on 28 February,[4] the militant anarchist organisation Revolutionary Action decided to join the Resistance Committee,[7] bringing 20 of its members into the unit.

[6] Since the outbreak of the war, the Resistance Committee has maintained a consistent social media presence,[13] posted a number of online photos and videos showing their fighters on the frontlines.

[1] They draw inspiration from Nestor Makhno's Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine (RIAU) and the Spanish Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT).

The more important thing is that a lot of people organized spontaneously to help each other, to guard their neighborhoods and towns and villages and to confront the occupiers with Molotov [cocktails]".

They likewise reject what they see as a "false anti-fascism" espoused by Vladimir Putin's government, which they consider to be a "homophobic, sexist and xenophobic regime [...] similar to fascism".

[15] To Petrov, "it is clear that the Kremlin's propaganda about 'fighting Nazis in Ukraine' is just a smoke screen to disguise greed for power and the desire to establish harsh authoritarian rule.

"[3] Although it supports non-combatant activists, the Resistance Committee rejects pacifism, with Petrov declaring "[w]hen the enemy is attacking you, it is very difficult take an antiwar pacifist stance, and this is because you need to defend yourself.