 Returning to Novospasovka, he continued to lead the anarchist group.In April 1918, after the occupation of Ukraine by German-Austrian troops, he went underground, traveled around Yekaterinoslav, Zaporizhia, Berdyansk and Mariupol districts in order to establish ties between individual anarchist groups.In May 1918, he unsuccessfully tried to organize an uprising of peasants in the Berdyansk region, after the suppression of which, the meeting of the Novospasovka group decided to prepare for a new armed uprising and sent Viktor Belash to the Kuban to search for weapons and volunteers.