Russian soldier with desperate prayer from the battlefield

– These damn drones. We are tired of them. Please send us some pump shotguns. Anything will help.

That’s how it sounds https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1785568239742841132?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1785568239742841132%7Ctwgr%5E9861a51d11ffddc0d0c1a72b95752a9f4d8c191e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Frussia-drone-plea-ukraine-soldier-1896090 on the battlefield. According to him, one shotgun can save the lives of ten soldiers.

ABC Nyheter has not been able to verify the video.

“Tear yourself to pieces”

Drones have been an important part of Ukraine’s defense against Russia. Small drones are cheap, effective and deadly weapons on the battlefield. The scope has never been greater.

Both Russia and Ukraine have used larger drones to attack industry, infrastructure and other targets in each other’s territories. Small drones equipped with explosives have enabled soldiers along the front line to gain a good overview of the battlefield and attack enemy soldiers taking refuge in trenches.

– We have more than enough courage to fight, but when a small crap drone for 500 dollars burns you from above, and tears you to pieces, it becomes extra difficult, says the Russian soldier.

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Video from the archive: Russian drone hits during rescue operation: – Drive the hell away!

A new norm

Lieutenant Colonel Palle Ydstebø has previously spoken to ABC Nyheter about how drone use is about to become a new norm for ground war along the front in Ukraine. According to him, hundreds of thousands of small drones are now being produced and bought on both sides, but it seems that Ukraine is up to six months ahead of the Russians, both in drone use and countermeasures.

– In many ways, we see a similar development in the drone war as we saw in the air and sea war during the First World War, where the aircraft and the submarine began to challenge traditional land forces and large warships. These weapons have been integrated into modern combat systems, which also seems to be the development in drone warfare, he explains.