Episode Description: In this first episode of Voices from the Front, callsign ‘Bucephal’ – a Ukrainian infantry training instructor and veteran of several tours of duty on the frontline – discusses the typical disposition of Ukrainian infantry along the line of contact. He describes the composition of a ground-holding fire team as well as movement and drone-evasion drills practiced within the kill zone. He also discusses the relative depth of sub-unit command posts.

About the series: Voices from the Front: First-hand accounts of the war in Ukraine is a new video series from the Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research. CHACR has been fortunate enough to receive this collection of first-hand accounts, filmed both in Kyiv and in forward locations with officers and soldiers during periods of field leave. We offer these to you, at face value, to enable you to draw your own lessons from their content. The broad cross-section of speakers offers insight from the tactical level upwards that we feel the professionally curious (be they military or academic) will find useful and instructive.