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​russian Occupiers Store Their Howitzers Right at Train Station in Crimea, Ignoring Safety of Civilians

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122-mm D-30A (2A18M) howitzer / Open source illustrative photo
122-mm D-30A (2A18M) howitzer / Open source illustrative photo

Agents of the Atesh partisan movement discovered a storage location for the russian 122-mm D-30 howitzers in temporarily occupied Yevpatoria, Crimea

"Conducting a reconnaissance, our agents discovered a place where D-30 howitzers were unloaded and kept in Yevpatoria. russians are storing weapons right at the railway station, hiding behind civilians," the Atesh reported on its Telegram channel.

In addition, coastal defense positions were seen near the road and railroad lines.

Read more: The russian Invaders Change Their Routes for Fear of Being Spotted by Partisans in Ukrainian Crimea

Partisans reveal coordinates of the place where the howitzers are stored: 45.21416458690487, 33.36806731907246.

russian Occupiers Store Their Howitzers Right at Train Station in Crimea, Ignoring Safety of Civilians, Defense Express
The coordinates provided by the Atesh / Photo credit: the Atesh partisan movement

The aforementioned 122-mm D-30A (2A18M) howitzer was designed to perform the following tasks:

- to destroy or suppress manpower in the open space or while staying in field type shelters such like trenches or dugouts;

- to destroy or suppress infantry firepower;

- to destroy pillbox as well as other field-type structures;

- to make passages in minefields and barbed wire;

- to counter enemy artillery as wellas as combat armored vehicles.

russian Occupiers Store Their Howitzers Right at Train Station in Crimea, Ignoring Safety of Civilians, Defense Express
The russian 122-mm D-30 howitzers are found in temporarily occupied Yevpatoria, Crimea / Photo credit: the Atesh partisan movement

Earlier Defense Express reported about a place where russians had hidden military ships discovered in occupied Crimea.

Read more: ​russia`s Federal Security Service Inspects Military Units in Crimea for Cooperation with Ukrainian Partisans