Underground resistance fighters have executed a targeted sabotage operation deep within Russia, destroying a rare piece of heavy railway specialized equipment. The ATESH partisan movement announced the operation on Telegram on Sunday, June 7. JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Sabotage at a critical rail hub According to the clandestine group, undercover agents infiltrated a major railway station in the city of Voronezh, located in Russia’s southwestern tier. The primary target of the sabotage was a rare EDK-300/5 heavy recovery railway crane operated by Russian Railways (RZD). ATESH confirmed that the specialized machinery was completely destroyed during the incursion. “The EDK-300/5 is designed for complex emergency and recovery operations on the railway and is capable of lifting loads weighing up to 300 tons... Replacing the destroyed crane will require significant time and resources,” the partisan movement noted in its public update. Targeting Discontinued Infrastructure Assets The loss of the EDK-300/5 presents an acute logistical bottleneck for regional transit managers. Because this specific series of heavy recovery cranes has long been discontinued, replacing the unit is structurally impossible through standard manufacturing channels. ATESH emphasized that RZD currently retains only a handful of these operational units across its entire national network. Consequently, the loss of even a single crane directly impairs the Russian military’s capacity to restore damaged infrastructure, clear derailed rolling stock, or manage the aftermath of accidents at critical junction points.