![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/inside-kherson-trenches-as-ukrainians-find-cannon-fodder-russians-left-behind/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1_Ukrainian-military-training-EXC-SOC.jpg&description=Exclusive: At one freshly-dug First World War-style trench, just over a mile from Russian positions, Major Nazar, 38, with the 63rd Mechanised Brigade told the Mirror they come up against Russian conscriptsUkrainian soldiers from the 63rd Mechanised BrigadeUkrainians have discovered "cannon fodder" Russian conscript soldiers left behind in trenches as they liberate their city of Kherson from invaders. The scent of coffee and smoked brisket rises from the rubble of buildings covered in bullet holes in southern Ukraine's Bashtanka. The diesel vibrations of military vehicles muffle the shrill of vendors trading in and around half-destroyed shop fronts. Months ago it was the site of a fierce fight between Kremlin and Ukrainian forces before the Russians retreated in mid-March. But just an hour's drive outside Bashtanka, off-road and through barren empty fields, lies the new frontlines which are shifting slowly east as Ukrainian forces retake ground in Kherson captured by the Russians. At one freshly-dug First World War-style trench, just over a mile from Russian positions, Major Nazar, 38, with the 63rd Mechanised Brigade tells the Mirror what his men contend with. His face is lit by a torch as he explains deep from inside the trench's underground bunker that he and his men have continually come up against recently mobilised Russian conscripts. A Ukrainian soldier holding a drone as part of military training simulating an attack in the trenches ( Ashley Chan/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock) How can he tell they are recently mobilised? Aside from their military uniform, the Major explains that the conscripts are recognisable by 'their level of preparation'. He describes them as useful for little more than 'cannon fodder'. Although Russian President Vladimir Putin said only men with previous service in the armed forces would be called up, this rule has not been followed. A local resident is seen nearby a storage place targeted by a missile in Mykolaiv City ( Anadolu Agency v){kind=link}
At one freshly-dug First World War-style trench, just over a mile from Russian positions, Major Nazar, 38, with the 63rd Mechanised Brigade told the Mirror they come up against Russian conscripts
Ukrainians have discovered “cannon fodder” Russian conscript soldiers left behind in trenches as they liberate their city of Kherson from invaders.
The scent of coffee and smoked brisket rises from the rubble of buildings covered in bullet holes in southern Ukraine’s Bashtanka.
The diesel vibrations of military vehicles muffle the shrill of vendors trading in and around half-destroyed shop fronts.
Months ago it was the site of a fierce fight between Kremlin and Ukrainian forces before the Russians retreated in mid-March.