Russian pro-war military bloggers have said troops in Ukraine are surviving just “20–35 minutes” on the frontline owing to drone warfare and high-intensity infantry assaults. The claims, circulated on Russian “Z-channels” on Telegram, amplified by the Ukrainian ASTRA channel and cited by the journal Foreign Policy, highlight how drone attacks and wasteful military tactics appear to be inflicting a withering toll on the Russian armed forces. JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “The average life expectancy of a Russian assault soldier on the front line is 20–35 minutes,” one widely shared post said, adding that the time from training ground to deployment was now “10 days to 3 weeks.” “The situation is such that in autumn there will either be peace or mobilization,” wrote the pro-war channel “Notes of a Veteran,” advising conscription-age men to prepare an “emergency backpack”. Another Z-channel, “House Among the Laurels”, claimed that mass mobilization notices were being distributed across Russia, arguing this “indicates that the relevant instructions have been issued”. The posts also describe a war transformed by drones, with one author saying combat survival rates have collapsed, and many soldiers are “wounded or killed in the rear” before reaching the front line.