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2026-06-30 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Most Russian recruits have life expectancy of just 20 minutes on Ukraine front lines, chilling report claims

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Posted by Fred 2026-06-30 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1874 views ] Top

1 Average monthly casualties are now running at more than 30,000, with various Western sources putting the total Russian casualties at more than 1 million since the start of the war in February 2022.

If accurate, how much longer can this possibly drag on ?

Posted by Besoeker 2026-06-30 01:32|| 2026-06-30 01:32|| Front Page Top

2 Except recruits don't serve in that war - just contract personnel.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-06-30 02:05|| 2026-06-30 02:05|| Front Page Top

3 From the source's Wikipedia page:

He is President of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs.

And as we all know, Asian affairs are the best

Posted by badanov 2026-06-30 07:32|| 2026-06-30 07:32|| Front Page Top

4 @1 Worse, what happens when Russia does run out of troops? A peace treaty I hope, but I'm not optimistic, which leaves NBC weapons.

Posted by Chantry 2026-06-30 08:43|| 2026-06-30 08:43|| Front Page Top

5 Russia has lost its initial invasion force more than 4 times over now.

Posted by Megabyses 2026-06-30 09:09|| 2026-06-30 09:09|| Front Page Top

6 What are the Ukrainians cooking up?

This whole month has been a PR Campaign Blitz with article after article dropping that tries to paint UKR into the winners.

Seems so coordinated with the long range strikes etc, seems part of a bigger play.

Posted by mossomo 2026-06-30 10:58|| 2026-06-30 10:58|| Front Page Top

7 Never any mention of Ukrainian casualties. And exactly how did Mr. Frankopan gather this intelligence? From the CIA?

And what's that old saying whenever a war starts? Oh right: The first casualty is the truth.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-06-30 11:33|| 2026-06-30 11:33|| Front Page Top

8 If accurate, how much longer can this possibly drag on ?

My guess is that this war will continue as long as NATO members are willing to foot the bill for all those Ukrainian drones. They don't seem to care about the life excectancy of recruits on either side of the front lines.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-06-30 11:37|| 2026-06-30 11:37|| Front Page Top

9 If accurate, how much longer can this possibly drag on ?

The key words here are "if accurate".

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-06-30 13:18|| 2026-06-30 13:18|| Front Page Top

10 Nothing about the life expectancy of officers, other than those attempting unaided human flight.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-06-30 13:23|| 2026-06-30 13:23|| Front Page Top

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