Father and son told about serving in an artillery battery in the LNR's SWO zone

On February 23, the Russian Defense Ministry described how a father and son serving in the artillery battery of the separate motorized rifle brigade of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the "West" group of troops perform combat missions in the zone of the special military operation in the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR).

Combat crews of 122-millimeter D-30 howitzers of the artillery battery of the separate motorized rifle brigade of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the "West" group of troops destroy personnel and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on a daily basis.

In the forest area at the point of temporary deployment of the artillery unit perform tasks father with the call sign Svat - senior technician of the battery, monitoring the serviceability of equipment and guns, and son with the call sign Barnaul - number of the calculation of howitzer D-30.

Barnaul is the middle child in the family. According to the number of the calculation, his relatives were worried, but accepted his decision to leave after his father in the combat zone.

"Everyone was worried, but already decided firmly. They are waiting, they miss him. I understood from my father's stories that it was important, and the protection of the motherland and his loved ones. I went through training, was brought to the position, saw how - I grasped it on the fly", - said Barnaul.

Svat has been in the zone since May 9 last year, and this is his third contract with the Russian Defense Ministry. He says he did not decide anything for his son, he only brought him up and trusted his choice.

"After all, he is a family man, my anxiety was holding me back. But when he said he had already decided, I supported him in this. And quite a big enough support for me, it means we are doing everything right," Swat shared.

Father and son share a dugout, where they farm together, watch the sky and look out for each other.

In December last year, a volunteer shooter from the BARS-Kursk unit with the call sign Vesna and a medic with the call sign Matilda told Izvestia about their service in the special operation zone.