{"id":86859,"date":"2026-06-29T23:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T23:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/some-russian-soldiers-last-just-minutes-on-front-lines-against-ukraines-drones-military-bloggers-say\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T23:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T23:54:09","slug":"some-russian-soldiers-last-just-minutes-on-front-lines-against-ukraines-drones-military-bloggers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/some-russian-soldiers-last-just-minutes-on-front-lines-against-ukraines-drones-military-bloggers-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Russian soldiers last just minutes on front lines against Ukraine&#8217;s drones, military bloggers say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Kyiv \u2014<\/em>\u00a0Once Russian soldiers reach certain parts of the front lines of the war in Ukraine, they can expect to live an average of just 20 to 35 minutes, according to a grim estimate by Russian military bloggers, cited by Oxford historian Peter Frankopan in a <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2026\/06\/25\/russia-ukraine-war-putin-escalation-nato-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foreign Policy report<\/a>. CBS News has not independently verified the claim. But similar accounts are becoming increasingly common on Russian military channels, suggesting that more Russians are becoming <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/putin-ukrainian-strikes-infrastructure-problems-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">aware of the war<\/a><\/span> and its toll on their side \u2014 a toll Kremlin officials have long sought to shield from view.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The war has inflicted <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ukraine-winning-war-russia-retired-us-generals\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">staggering losses<\/a><\/span> on Russia&#8217;s young men. The director of the British intelligence agency GCHQ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/speeches\/gchq-confirms-heavy-russian-losses-as-moscow-avoids-negotiations-and-civilian-casualties-grow-uk-statement-to-the-osce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> last month that Russian war deaths have now <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russia-ukraine-war-death-toll-soldiers-british-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">likely reached nearly 500,000<\/a><\/span>. Ukraine&#8217;s defense ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DefenceU\/status\/2071479429201526877\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">says<\/a> it has taken over 1.4 million wounded or killed Russian troops off the battlefield.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As drones have saturated the front lines \u2014 creating what is known as the &#8220;kill zone&#8221; \u2014 Russia is losing men at faster rates. Unable to rely on heavy artillery, now easily picked off by cheap first-person-view drones, Russia&#8217;s military has turned to infiltration tactics: using small groups of soldiers on foot or motorcycles to probe weaknesses in Ukraine&#8217;s lines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This has resulted in bloodier fighting. Drones now account for more than 80% of Russian losses, according to Ukraine&#8217;s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. And estimates suggest that there are now more Russians killed in the war than there are wounded, a first in modern warfare.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine faces its own manpower problems and must resort to similar infiltration tactics to push back Russian lines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Manpower&#8217;s been a problem since the end of the summer of 2023 offensive,&#8221; Rob Lee, a Ukraine-based military analyst, told CBS News. &#8220;We&#8217;ve had some cases where infantry have spent more than a year in position with no rotation.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Ukraine&#8217;s military has managed to more effectively reduce its soldiers&#8217; exposure to danger by using drones to replace some troops in combat, medical evacuation and logistics roles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We say there is no need to send a human being where the robot can do the job,&#8221; Oleksandr Kamyshin, the official in charge of Ukraine&#8217;s defense industry, told CBS News in an interview this spring. By <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2026\/06\/25\/russia-ukraine-war-putin-escalation-nato-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some estimates<\/a>, Russia is now losing eight men killed or seriously wounded for every one lost by Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s relentless waves of men have yielded some success on the battlefield. While Ukraine&#8217;s top general said that his military had retaken over 230 square miles of territory this year, Russia is still gaining ground in crucial areas in and around Ukraine&#8217;s coveted Donetsk region. Ukrainian commanders said last week that Russian soldiers are attempting to infiltrate the outskirts of Kostyantynivka, an industrial city in Donetsk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But more Russians are beginning to feel the war&#8217;s toll firsthand.<\/p>\n<p>In a Russian nationwide public opinion survey released Monday by the Institute for Conflict Studies and Analysis of Russia, a Ukrainian think tank, 31% of respondents said one or more of their family members have been mobilized, a 14% increase from 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oleksandr Shulga, the head of the think tank, cautioned that the findings should not be overstated: &#8220;Even after four years, the majority of Russians do not perceive this war as existential.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Still, he said, &#8220;Most Russians know someone killed in action since the beginning of the war: only 29% said that no one among their relatives or acquaintances has died in the fighting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- 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