What the Russians left behind: Ukraine's recaptured towns strewn with abandoned Russian equipment

A view shows a packet marked with the 'Z' symbol and with an inscription reading "We don't leave our own" at a garbage dump in the village of Nova Husarivka, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, September 15.  REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Captured Russian mortar shells are seen in the village of Blahodatne, in Kherson region, Ukraine, November 11.  REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

Vitali Orlov looks at a Russian multiple rocket launch system at his destroyed farm in the village of Nova Husarivka, liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, September 15.  REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

A Ukrainian serviceman examines anti tanks mines near a destroyed Russian Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) near the town of Izium, in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, September 24.   REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

A views shows a basement where Russian soldiers lived, at a former position in the village of Blahodatne, in Kherson region, Ukraine, November 11.  REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

A box for a Russian MRE is seen in a building near the site of a former Russian trench in Dovhalivka, Ukraine, October 22. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

A Ukrainian serviceman carries captured anti-tank grenade launchers at a former position of Russian soldiers in the village of Blahodatne, in Kherson region, Ukraine, November 11.  REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

A Russian national flag lies on the ground near a destroyed Russian tank in the town of Izium in Kharkiv region, September 14. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

A local resident Olena Kushnir looks at shells near her destroyed house, in the village of Nova Husarivka, liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv region, September 15.  REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

A Ukrainian soldier sits on captured Russian mortar shells in the village of Blahodatne, in Kherson region, Ukraine, November 11.  REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

A part of uniform is seen at a former position of Russian soldiers in the village of Blahodatne, in Kherson region, Ukraine, November 11.  REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

A piece of paper displaying the letters of the English and Russian Alphabets is seen discarded inside a former Russian trench in Dovhalivka, Ukraine, October 22. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

A Ukrainian soldier stands next to captured Russian ammunition in the village of Blahodatne, in Kherson region, Ukraine November 11.  REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

A part of uniform is seen at a former position of Russian soldiers in the village of Blahodatne, retaken by the Ukrainian Armed Forces a day ago, in Kherson region, Ukraine, November 11.  REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

A Ukrainian soldier sits on captured Russian mortar shells in the village of Blahodatne, in Kherson region, Ukraine, November 11.  REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

Russian positions are seen along a road in Kherson region, Ukraine, November 11.  REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

Captured Russian mortar shells are seen in the village of Blahodatne, retaken by the Ukrainian Armed Forces a day ago, in Kherson region, Ukraine, November 11.  REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

A cat sits near shells for a RPG-7 grenade launcher at a former position of Russian troops in the village of Velyka Komyshuvakha, liberated by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kharkiv region, September 24.  REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak

Russian anti-tank mines lie on the ground near the town of Izium, liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, September 24.  REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Russia artillery shells captured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces during counteroffensive operation, near the town of Izium September 14. Iryna Rybakova/Press Service of the 93rd Independent Kholodnyi Yar Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed...more

A Ukrainian service member checks Russia artillery shells captured during a counteroffensive operation near the town of Izium, September 14. Iryna Rybakova/Press Service of the 93rd Independent Kholodnyi Yar Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian...more

A view shows empty ammunition boxes near a destroyed house in the village of Nova Husarivka, liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv region, September 15.  REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Russian military dry ration is seen near a destroyed Russian tank in the town of Izium, September 14. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich