Considering there are many stories from different sources about young Russian conscripts asking Ukraine villagers for food and directions or the story about the tank drivers asking Ukraine police for gas I would assume Russian military is explicitly telling soldiers they are liberating the Ukraine and will be welcomed by the people.
I've never been in the military but assume none of these soldiers have cell phones so only live in the bubble of communication provided. Must be quite the shock that you are hated, aren't liberating anyone and everyone just wants you to go home or die. Kind of similar to the freedumb protesters that have chose to cut themselves off from reality that are still protesting on weekends in various cities. I think a campaign to offer $$ and citizenship for Russian military defectors might be extremely effective if you can get the message to them that they are being lied to.
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