The Kremlin is facing a backlash from Russian military bloggers outraged at reports of specialist troops being sent to storm Ukrainian positions in order to maintain pressure on the front lines. Facing a shortage of manpower and a pressing need to maintain the grinding advances in eastern Ukraine, Russia has reportedly been throwing some of its most skilled troops into mass infantry attacks, and at very high costs. “The past four months have proved the costliest for Russian forces since the war began in 2022,” a U.K. Military Intelligence report on Sept. 23. The report said Russian casualties,…