Agents of the Atesh partisan movement managed to reconnoiter a location of an occupation unit near Ostryakovo junction station, which is located in the urban-type settlement of Gvardeyske. This was reported by the Atesh on its official Telegram channel.
"We have learned that there are about 11 military trucks located in the area of the bus station on Lenin Street. According to our information D-20 or D-30 122 caliber howitzers are deployed on its territory," the statement reads.
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According to the Atesh, this is yet another proof that russian army places military equipment and personnel on the territory of transport infrastructure facilities in order to later accuse the Defense Forces of Ukraine of striking on civilian objects.
The D-20 152 mm gun-howitzer is an artillery piece, manufactured in the Soviet Union during the 1950s. The D-20 fires powerful 152mm shells from its 34-caliber ordnance with double baffle muzzle brake. A maximum range of 17.4 km can be achieved. The maximum rate of fire is 5 to 6 rpm and sustained fire is 2 to 4 rpm.
The D-30 122-mm howitzer is also a Soviet howitzer that first entered service in 1960. The D-30 has a maximum range of 15.4 kilometers, or over 21 km using rocket-assisted projectile ammunition.
Earlier Defense Express reported that Ukrainian partisans had scouted another location of russian invaders in temporarily occupied Crimea.
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