They need to do some fragging to their leaders.
There are no “leaders” at the troop level in the Russian military who know anything more or have any more power than these conscripts.
The Russian military is a mess at command and control. Any kind of “initiative” by a commander risks their lives. The USSR died, but the “stick to the plan or risk your life” mentality in their military has not gone away.
I don’t blame these conscripts. They do not know where they are, or why they are fighting, and the “enemy” looks just like them in every respect. Soldiers need to fight for something and they have no idea what that is.....